WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Salt lake between Israel and Jordan;the lowest point on Earth
A
Red Sea
B
Dead Sea
C
Mediterranean
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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: -Dead Sea, Jordan/Israel, 1, 414 feet (431 meters) below sea level. The Earth’s lowest point, one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water, is colorful and surreal.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dead sea is not a sea actually but it’s a lake and it is lowest (423 meters) below the sea level which makes it the Earth’s lowest elevation on the land. As there is a high concentration of Salt in the water it means that people can easily float in the water due to natural buoyancy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan with parts in the West Bank, is a salt lake in south-western Asia. Also called the Sea of Death, Salt Sea, and Sea of Lot, the Dead Sea is the lowest waterbody on Earth, with the lowest elevation on land.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Dead Sea has a salinity of 34 percent; the Great Salt Lake varies between 5 and 27 percent.

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