Detailed Data
Dead Sea
Partner Living Lakes
FoEME - Friends of the Earth Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Palestine)
Partner Lake since
2000
Origin
tectonic
Age
12,000 years
Size
today: 600 sq. km [km²]
until 1930: 1,050 sq. km [km²]
Length, width
55 km, 16 km (today)
Water volume
128 billion of cubic m [m³] (SL: - 409 m)
Maximum depth
316 m
Sea level
minus 417 m
minus 389 till 392 m (till 1970)
Catchment area
42,000 sq. km [km²]
In-flows
29
Largest in-flow
Jordan River
Out-flows
none
Salt content
340 g/l
Precipitation per year
25 - 50 mm
Frozen over
never
Location
Israel, Jordan, Palestine
Vegetation surrounding area
desert, tropical oasis, agricultural fields
Water animals and plants
only algae and bacteria, in river / wadi estuaries plants
Plants
east shore: 400 species and sub-species
west shore: 450 species
Endemic creatures
fish: 6 species
amphibians: 25 species
mammals: 24 species
Migratory birds
90 species
Inhabitants (around shoreline)
30,000
Biggest problem
water withdrawal from feed rivers and lack of co-operation in the regional development
Greatest success
international collaboration with private nature protection societies
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