The Dead Sea is said to be shrinking due to all the water usage from all the countries that use the excess water flow from the Jordan River. Water is also decreasing due to fertilizer makers siphoning the water out.

In Oct 2009, my wife and I visited Jordan and stayed at a resort/spa on the Dead Sea. Do not make the mistake that this look like a normal lake or an ocean beach. Be careful of the the entry into the water, the shore is covered with salt encrusted rocks.

The next next warning is do not submerge your face into the water. The salt water will burn your eyes and sinus. If you or someone one you are near does this, they will need to get out of the water immediately to flush their eyes and sinuses. It is best if there is a fresh water shower nearby.

The immersion of your head in the water will cause you much pain in your eyes and will flood your sinus cavities with brine. The result is not being able to see when your eyes are open and your sinus will fill with mucus trying to get rid of the salt water. My symptoms of congested sinus lasted about 3 hours.

Once properly flushed the red eyes will disappear and the sinus will continue their healing process of draining mucus normally requiring you to blow your nose often like you have a cold.

You will not make the same mistake twice.

Humans can swim in the Dead Sea.

Due to its salt content, you will float very high up and this can make it difficult to swim.

You should also be carefull. If you get this water in your eyes, then the pain is really bad.

I would recommend a bottle of fresh water to accompany you in order to rinse out your eyes just in case.

In other words, do not try to go diving there.

No, it is impossible to ride a motor boat or sail boat because of the extensive sea salt and lack of wind.

First, they made the parchment, or leather to write on. But it wasn't the scribes who made the writing material, it was guild tradesmen. The leather for the scrolls was firstly washed, then soaked to swell. After the hair was scraped off, the skin was stretched on wooden frames then shaved to make it as thin as possible, and yet withstand heavy use. Then the skin was soaked in a solution of salt,barleyflour, gall nuts and lime water for many days, after which it was rinsed, stretched on a frame, and allowed to dry. It was then smoothed with a pumice stone, which whitened the surface. However, the ink for the scrolls was made from soot from lamps. Honey, oil vinegar and water were added to thin itproperly. Scribes later added gall nuts for the in to bite into the leather and not fade.

The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep, the deepest Hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest.

River water picks up salt from the ground and carries it along. Normally, the rivers flow into the sea. In the case of the Dead Sea, the water evaporates and leaves the salt behind, just as has happened to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Answer 1: Because the amount of salt in the red sea makes it much more dense its like dropping a sultana in a glass of lemonade then dropping one in porridge Answer 2: There is an extremely high salt composition in the water that makes it more dense, this allows heavier objects to float on its surface. When a liquid is more dense, it means the particles are pact closer together. A better example would be trying to float in water, vs. trying to float in thick cement, the water is flowing and will let a body pass through it, as the cement is more dense it does not let objects pass through it as easily.

The Dead Sea water contain magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium chlorides and some bromides.

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Yes you can. It is very hot and sunny there most of the time.

because of a lot of salt is in it

The dead sea has no outlet. Water flows into it but not out. The area where the dead sea is is an arid zone so rainfall is low. Water evaporates from the dead sea but because there is not much water flowing into it the dead sea becomes concentrated with mineral salts and that makes it dense.

Yes

The waterway that extends north of the Dead Sea is the Nile River. The northernmost waterway that bounded the Mesopotamia region is the Euphrates River.

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I thin it is by 1,000 ft cause not only the dead sea is one of the saltiest seas in the world but it is also one of the deepiest

The density of salt is higher than the density of water. (density is kg/m3) So when you mix salt and water, and the salt dissolves in the water then the density of the water is higher than it use to be. (When you mix salt in water the volume of the water actually goes down! This is due to ion-contraction. So the density of the water doesn't just increase, it really increases.) The ability of things to float is a matter of how much water you displace, a matter of volume. The greater the volume of water you displace the greater will be the boyant force. It is also a matter of the density of the water you are displacing. As salt water is more dense than fresh water it is more boyant. As the water in the Dead Sea is very salty it is very boyant.

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Fossil fuels range from volatile materials with low carbon:hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquid petroleum to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal. Methane can be found in hydrocarbon fields, alone, associated with oil, or in the form of methane calibrates. It is generally accepted that they formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants and animals by exposure to heat and pres

The Mediterranean Sea. You can float in it. I think it's impossible to sink. It's full of salt!

No

The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of Utah. It is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.

Assuming it's a regular steel anchor, an anchor, can't float in the dead sea. Dead Sea water is dense and buoyant for being water, but it's not THAT dense.