Today, tourists visit the sea on its Israeli, Jordanian and West Bank coastlines. TheDeadSea is receding at a swift rate; its surface area today is 605 km 2 (234 sq mi), having been 1,050 km 2 (410 sq mi) in 1930. 3 days ago · Dead Sea, landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan in southwestern Asia. It has the lowest elevation and is the lowest body of water on the surface of Earth. Learn more about the Dead Sea, including its physical features and environmental concerns. · TheDeadSea is a unique and captivating natural wonder located in the MiddleEast, bordered by Israel to the west and Jordan to the east. It is a saltwater lake renowned for its exceptionally high salt and mineral content, making it one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. TheDeadSea has attracted interest and visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. It was a place of refuge for King David, one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of products as diverse as balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. · What is theDeadSea? TheDeadSea is a hypersaline, endorheic lake in the Jordan Rift Valley whose shores are the lowest point on land (about −1,444 ft/−440 m as of 2025). Its water is ~34% salt—around 10× ocean salinity—so people float easily. TheDeadSea, located at the border between Israel and Jordan, is a unique hypersaline lake renowned for being the lowest point on Earth, at 1,329 feet (405 meters) below sea level. The Dead Sea is located in the Middle East, between Israel and Jordan. It is 42 miles (67 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide, and sits at 1,411 feet (430 m) below sea level.
