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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST OF THE WORLD
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Dead Sea
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Lake Eyre
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Death Valley
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Caspian Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east, and Israel to the west. Its surface and shores are 427 metres below sea level, Earth’s lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 306 m deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Earth’s lowest land elevation point is at the Dead Sea, located at the border of Israel and Jordan. Its shores have an elevation of 420 meters (1, 385 feet) below sea level.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the years the water level of the sea has dropped dramatically due to harvesting of the salt, human diversion of the Jordan River so that less water reaches the Salt Sea and natural evaporation. The sea is divided into an upper and lower basin by a thin strip of land.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dead Sea: The Earth’s lowest point and one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water, the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan is colorful and surreal.