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WHY IS THE DEAD SEA DEAD?

he Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan, is a landlocked lake with a salt concentration so high that it holds no visible life. It has the lowest elevation of any body of water on Earth at more than 400 metres below sea level. It began its formation around

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