Dead Sea-Israel

For millennia, the salty, mineral-rich waters of the Dead Sea have drawn visitors and health pilgrims to its shores. But in recent years, Sinkholes have been opening up without warning along its banks, The Dead Sea is famous for is extreme salinity (34 percent salt, almost 10 times as salty as the ocean), and for having the lowest elevation on Earth, at 429 meters below sea level. But for the past few decades, the sea has been shrinking rapidly, due to the diversion of water from the Jordan River (which f
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