It is a body of water that does not flow into the sea.
Lake Natron is an alkali endorheic salt lake of tectonic origin present in northern Tanzania.
Lake Xochimilco is an endorheic basin. It is the original home of the axolotl, which is now a critically endangered species. An endorheic basin has no outlet and collects water from the surrounding area.
The Dead Sea is an endorheic lake located in the Jordan Rift Valley
The Dead Sea is an endorheic lake located in the Jordan Rift Valley
The Dead Sea is located between two countries, Jordan and Israel. It is a endorheic lake that is located in the Jordan Rift Valley.
A terminal lake, or an endorheic basin. Europe's Dead Sea and Caspian Sea, and Utah's Great Salt Lake, are notable examples.
Chott Ech Chergui is a lake in northwest central Africa. The large endorheic salt lake is one of the largest lakes in Algeria. Chott Ech Chergui is designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
Lakes become salty if the source of water flowing into the lake contains salt and the salty water cannot flow out of the lake. Salt lakes are endorheic, water leaves the lake by evaporation and leaves the salt and minerals in the remaining water.
In geography, an endorheic basin is awatershed from which there is no outflow of water (either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or permeable material). The term hasGreek roots, endo, "inside" and rhein, "to flow". Any rain (or other precipitation) that falls inside an endorheic basin remains there permanently, leaving the system only by evaporation. Endorheic basins are also called "internal drainage systems".
The Aral Sea is an endorheic (dead end) lake in western Asia, on the border between Kazakhstan and northwestern Uzbekistan. More than 80% of the lake area has dried up due to the diversion of water from the rivers that feed the lake, notably by the Karakum Canal completed in 1988.
The Caspian Sea is slightly salty, because it was originally part of the ocean and it is endorheic, meaning there is no outlet.
The Dead Sea is an endorheic basin that formed as early as 2 million years ago as part of the Sedom Lagoon (also included the Sea of Galilee), and the subsequent Lake Lisan, which created massing sediment deposits in the Jordan Rift Valley.