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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: 58. Chapters: Lakes of the Great Rift Valley, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, Lake Superior, Lake Baikal, Lake Malawi, Lake Baringo, Lake Vostok, Lake Torrens National Park, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Balkhash, Lake Mweru, Hula Valley, Lake Kivu, Lake Nipigon, Rift Valley lakes, Lake Edward, Lake Nakuru, Lake Natron, Khovsgol Nuur, African Great Lakes, Lake Naivasha, Lake Bogoria, Lake Afrera, Lake Elmenteita, Lake Albert, Lake Magadi, Lake Kyoga, Lake Enriquillo, Lake Zway, Lake Abaya, Lake Timiskaming, Lake Abbe, Lake Langano, Lake Chamo, Lake Shala, Lake Awasa, Lake Karum, Lake Logipi, Lake Afambo, Lake Abijatta, Lake Gummare, Rift lake, Lake Kamnarok, Lake Kwania, Lake Bario. 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 on dry land. 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 Dead Sea is 67 kilometres (42 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplie...
