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Because it's so salty that hardly anything can live in it

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because the water is super cold and has dead animals in it

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Q: Why do people call the Dead Sea the Dead Sea?
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What is dead sea?

The Dead Sea is a salt lake on the border of Israel and Jordan.


Can you drink drink dead sea water?

Dead Sea also call the Salt Sea , it is the world saltiest sea in the world. Some people will ask can we drink the water , is it safe ?Ok, the water of dead sea is salty, some people can drink the water if they want. The taste of the water will be a thousand time salty.


What region is the Dead Sea located near?

In the Middle East, or Western Asia as some people call it.


What were three ancient names for the Dead Sea?

In the ancient world, what we call the Dead Sea, the sea which lies between Israel and Jordan, was called the Salt Sea, The Eastern Sea and the Sea of Sodom.


Where is the dead sea and why don't people sink in it?

The dead sea is not called the dead sea because people sink in it and die, it's called that because there is no water flow, and no creatures swim in it. That is why it is called the dead sea. It doesn't seem to exist, it's like it is dead.


Who is behind the writings of the dead sea scrolls?

dead people


Which is the sea where people or animals cant live?

Dead sea


Why do people call the salt sea the dead sea?

a lot of people don't know how to answer this question but they call it that because if you taste it, it will taste bad and also if fish that live in it and you catch one and don't give it new salt water then theyll die that's why its called that


What does the dead sea contain?

dead people i Larry hawker killed them


What eats dead sea animals?

Live sea animals, people, birds.


What do people in Korea call the Sea of Japan.?

East sea


Why is the dead sea important?

the people used it for trades