Dead Sea shore

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coastline geographical feature tourist attraction

The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dead Sea region 5
Dead Sea escarpment 1
Dead Sea shore canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastline ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
borders Dead Sea ⓘ
causeOfIssue declining Dead Sea water level ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
distinction lowest exposed land on Earth ⓘ
elevation approximately 430 metres below sea level ⓘ
geologicalSetting tectonic rift zone ⓘ
transform plate boundary ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arid climate ⓘ
hypersaline environment ⓘ
mineral-rich mud ⓘ
therapeutic properties ⓘ
unique buoyancy for swimmers ⓘ
very high salinity ⓘ
hasIssue environmental degradation ⓘ
shoreline recession ⓘ
sinkhole formation ⓘ
hasViewOf Judean Desert ⓘ
Moab Mountains ⓘ
knownFor dramatic desert landscapes ⓘ
floating in dense salt water ⓘ
health and wellness tourism ⓘ
spa resorts ⓘ
therapeutic mud treatments ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
locatedOn Dead Sea ⓘ
near Ein Gedi ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
Qumran ⓘ
partOf Dead Sea ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea region

East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley system

East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Syrian-African Rift
popularWith international tourists ⓘ
regional visitors ⓘ
receives very low annual rainfall ⓘ
tourismActivity bathing ⓘ
mud therapy ⓘ
sunbathing ⓘ
wellness retreats ⓘ
usedFor bromine production ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ
potash production ⓘ
waterBodyType landlocked salt lake shore ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia → hasLowestPoint → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy → setting → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: plains of Moab
Judean Desert → contains → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea escarpment
Israel–Jordan Joint Water Committee → regionServed → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea region
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah → associatedPlace → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea region
Clarel → setting → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea region
Jericho Governorate → lowestPointIncludes → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea shoreline
Mount of Temptation → viewOf → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea region
Madaba → nearbySite → Dead Sea shore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Sea region