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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 72. Chapters: Dead Sea, Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Lake Van, Lake Eyre, Lake Baringo, Lake Torrens National Park, Lop Lake, Lake Balkhash, Lake Turkana, Endorheic basin, Lake Trasimeno, Devils Lake, Lake Abert, Lago de Atitlan, Issyk Kul, Owens Lake, Lake Vida, Poopo Lake, Lake Neusiedl, Hamun Lake, Lake Mash, Chott Melrhir, Lake Corangamite, Lake Bonneville, Lake Patzcuaro, Lake Vanda, Lake Naivasha, Hamun-e Helmand, Don Juan Pond, Tunisian salt lakes, Zuni Salt Lake, Lake Bonney, Rogers Dry Lake, Harper Lake, Walker Lake, Lake Manyara, Lake Enriquillo, Soda Lake, Lake Eyasi, Solar Lake, Spotted Lake, Lake Tuz, Ivanpah Lake, Mar Chiquita, Pluvial lake, Melincue Lake, Sevier Lake, Devil's Lake, Silver Lake, Laguna del Carbon, Chatyr-Kul, Omak Lake, Broadwell Lake, Lake Baskunchak, Rosamond Lake, Chott el Djerid, Little Manitou Lake, Coyote Lake, Lake Fryxell, Bristol Lake, Superior Lake, Lake Chilwa, Koehn Lake, Chott Ech Chergui, Bicycle Lake, Goldstone Lake, Nelson Lake, Emerson Lake, Cuddeback Lake, Danby Lake, Red Pass Lake, Lake Elton, Lucerne Lake, Namak Lake, Buada Lagoon, Lake capture. Excerpt: The Dead Sea (Arabic: .), Hebrew:, "Sea of Salt"), also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface. The Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 33.7% salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazkol and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond) have reported higher salinities. It is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The ...
