Dead Sea Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Dead Sea has an altitude of -422 meters, making it the lowest lake in the world. The deepest lake bed of the Dead Sea has an altitude of -800 meters. The salinity of the lake water reaches 300g/L, which is 8.6 times that of ordinary seawater. It is also the deepest and highest-salinity inland lake in the world. .

Attractions distribution:

The Dead Sea is an inland salt lake located in the Great Rift Valley between Palestine and Jordan. The west bank of the lake is the Judean Mountains and the east bank is the Transjordan Plateau. The lake area is 80 kilometers long and 18 kilometers wide. The surface area is about 1020 square kilometers. The lake elevation Minus 422 meters, is the lowest point on the earth that has exposed land. The Lisan Peninsula in the east of the lake divides the lake into two lake basins of different sizes and depths. The north accounts for three-quarters of the area and is 415 meters deep. The average depth of the south is Less than 3 meters. The Jordan River injects 540 million cubic meters of water into the Dead Sea every year. There are also four small but perennial rivers that inject water from the east. Since the amount of injection and evaporation are roughly equal, the salinity of the Dead Sea water reaches 300g/L, which is It is 8.6 times that of ordinary sea water, making it one of the most saline natural water bodies in the world.

Scenic spot features:

Lagoon, swimming, seaside, beach