Tag: Jordan River

Jordan River & the Dead Sea: How the River Feeds a Salt Lake

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The Jordan River threads south from the snows of Mount Hermon to the lowest land on Earth, the Dead Sea—about 251 kilometers (156 miles) of meanders through the Jordan Rift. Along the way it passes through the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) before ending in a lake with no outlet, where water disappears not to […]

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What Is the Primary Reason the Dead Sea Is Known for Its High Salinity?

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The Dead Sea sits in the Jordan Rift Valley at roughly 1,443 feet (440 meters) below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest exposed land. It has no natural outlet to the ocean, yet sunlight and desert heat take water away every day. What stays behind are salts—year after year—so the brine grows ever denser and […]

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