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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 15393306" data-attributes="member: 158020">මැරුණු _මුහුද_ගැන_දැනගනිමුFacts about the Dead Sea The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, making it the deepest hypersaline  lake in the world. A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that  contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other mineral  salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water.   <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> With  33.7% salinity, the Dead Sea is one of the world’s saltiest bodies of  water. Although Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline  lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond)  have reported higher salinities. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  Dead Sea’s unusually high salt concentration means that people can  easily float in the Dead Sea due to natural buoyancy. In this respect  the Dead Sea is similar to the Great Salt Lake in Utah in the United  States. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  Dead Sea is roughly 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity  makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish (hence  its name). The high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms such  as fish and aquatic plants from living in it, though minuscule  quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_05.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  Dead Sea is 67 kilometres (42 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide  at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and its main  tributary is the Jordan River. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_06.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and  treatment for several reasons. The mineral content of the water, the  very low content of pollens and other allergens in the atmosphere, the  reduced ultraviolet component of solar radiation, and the higher  atmospheric pressure at this great depth each have specific health  effects. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Biblically,  the Dead Sea was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the  world’s first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the  supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian  mummification to potash for fertilizers.   <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> An  unusual feature of the Dead Sea is its discharge of asphalt. From deep  seeps, the Dead Sea constantly spits up small pebbles and blocks of the  black substance. Asphalt coated figurines and bitumen coated Neolithic  skulls from archaeological sites have been found. Egyptian mummification  processes used asphalt imported from the Dead Sea region.   <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_09.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  world’s lowest road, Highway 90, runs along the Israeli and West Bank  shores of the Dead Sea at 393 m (1,289 ft) below sea level. <img src="http://acidcow.com/pics/20130802/things_you_didnt_know_about_the_dead_sea_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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