Dead Sea / Dead Sea (Rift Valley, Jordan-Israel-Palestine)
Dead Sea or Oludeniz is the lowest and third saltwater lake on earth. Lut Lake, which is not fed with rivers today and covers an area of 600 km², is located at the lowest point in the Africa-Syria separation. The bottom of the Dead Sea is 350 meters below sea level, even though the water depth is not very high.
The Dead Sea, which is 9.6 times more salty than the ocean, is the third most salty lake in the world, the lowest of the sea level.
Surface altitude: -430 m
Area: 605 km²
Length: 50 km
Width: 15 km
Basin: 41,650 km²
Feeding source: The Jordan River
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