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Top 15 Questions to Test Your Knowledge About the Dead Sea

Manali Dingorkar

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Do you think you know everything about the dead sea? Accept a challenge, and answer the questions from the following quiz. You will surely learn some of the interesting facts about it.
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The dead sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water on earth, about 10 times saltier than the normal sea water. That is why it is also known as the Salt Sea.
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The dead sea is a hypersaline lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel to the west. And it is located in the Jorden Rift Valley.
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Sodom is the ancient city located on the shore of the Dead Sea.
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Sodium Chloride(NaCl), Magnesium(Mg), Calcium chloride(CaCl2), all these substances can be found in the dead sea.
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Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth. Its surface measures around 430 m below sea level.
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The water of the Dead Sea is rich in minerals and have many health benefits. Mud bath here is magical, and having therapeutic properties. It is really beneficial for a healthy and glowing skin. This is just like a natural spa.
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Stinking Lake, Salt Sea, Sea of Lot are some of the names of the dead sea.
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The dead sea is the deepest hyper saline lake in the world , about 1,000 feet deep.
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The Dead Sea does not have fish, seaweed, or any living organism in it. Only minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are found here.
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The average salinity of the Dead Sea is 30%. This makes plants and animals difficult to survive.
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Water flows into the Dead Sea from the Jordan River.
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Lot and his family were saved from Sodom and Gomorrah on the condition that they don’t look back at the destroyed cities. Lot's wife looked back and was changed into a pillar of salt.
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As already said, it is bordering Jordan to the east and Israel to the west.
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A halophyte is a plant that grows in high levels of soil salinity as they are salt tolerant.
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The dead sea is 9 times saltier than ocean, and due to this huge salt content, no plants or animal can survive here. Hence the name, Dead sea.
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