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The Mediterranean Sea is less salty than the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the saltiest water on earth because of the high level of evaporation.
The Jordan river flows into the Dead Sea, keeping it full of water despite evaporation. The Dead sea, like the Aral Sea and Lake Chad, is a lake that is in a desert where the water evaporates but is fed by water coming in through one or more rivers. No water flows out of the dead sea, it only leaves by evaporation.
The dead sea is too salty because- 1.No river drains or originates from it. 2.Much of evaporation takes place. That leads to more precipitation.
There are several factors that the Red Sea has high salinity. The Red Sea has a high rate of evaporation and very little precipitation. It also has a limited connection with the Indian Ocean, which has lower water salinity. The Red Sea has a lack of significant rivers or streams draining into the sea.
Evaporation increases salt in sea water
the dead sea has so much salt in it that nothing really live in it
how much dead sea water do you have to drink to die
For the same reason it is salty now. Rivers flow into it but not out and there is a high rate of evaporation.
There is so much salt in the water of the dead sea that you do not sink when in the water.
Evaporation exceeds precipitation.
No. The Mediterranean Sea is much larger than the Dead Sea, over 3000 times larger.
The Dead Sea is called the Dead Sea because it contains so much salt that nothing can live in it.