Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (Arabic: اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت, al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or اَلْبَحْر الْمَيْت, al-Baḥr al-Mayt; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, Yam hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.
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| Coordinates | 31°30′N 35°30′E
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| Native name | ים המלח (in Hebrew)
البحر الميت (in Arabic) |
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| Primary outflows | None
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| Catchment area | 41,650 km (16,080 sq mi)
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| Max. length | 50 km (31 mi) (northern basin only)
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| Max. width | 15 km (9.3 mi)
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| Surface area | 605 km (234 sq mi) (2016)
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| Average depth | 199 m (653 ft)
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| Max. depth | 298 m (978 ft) (elevation of deepest point, 728 m BSL [below sea level], minus current surface elevation)
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| Water volume | 114 km (27 cu mi)
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| Shore length | 135 km (84 mi)
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| Surface elevation | −430.5 m (−1,412 ft) (2016)
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