The length of the Dead Sea, 37
kilometers and width of 15.7 kilometers the depth from its surface
relative to the surface of the Mediterranean reaches amounts to 417 m.
The total area the Dead Sea 945 square kilometers. The deepest point if
it stands at 401 meters and it's divided by the Tongue peninsula into
two unequal , southern swamp is salty and has a depth of 6 to 8 meters
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Threat to the Dead Sea with
extinction due to low amounts of water which flow into it, as the
suction of water from the Yarmouk River and the Jordan River by Israel
and Jordan, sharply reduced the amount of water that reaches to the Dead
Sea, which is threatened by drought. Among the projects proposed to
save the Dead Sea highlights a Plan to make a canal from the Red Sea or
the Mediterranean Sea to the liquefaction of salt water into the Dead
Sea, but this project is disputed because of fear of experts from the
repercussions of unexpected may have negative effects on the environment
and the composition of the Dead Sea, and because of the cost of
enormous .
which leads to a decline in the level of high water of the Dead Sea up to 80 cm, and this poses a real threat if it is not to stop and take the necessary procedures.
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