The Dead Sea is actually a 605-square-kilometer lake, landlocked by Israel, Jordan and Israel’s West Bank, and is the lowest point on earth, at 1400 feet below sea level. It earned its name because its 332 percent salinity, ten times that of the oceans, prevents any macroscopic aquatic organisms, such as fish and water plants, to live in it.

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