Dead Sea

E15269

endorheic lake hypersaline lake salt lake tourist destination

The Dead Sea is a hypersaline lake in the Jordan Rift Valley, renowned as one of the world's saltiest bodies of water and Earth's lowest land elevation point.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dead Sea canonical	80
Dead Sea basin	2
Dead Sea region	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endorheic lake ⓘ hypersaline lake ⓘ salt lake ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
adjacentTo	Judean Desert ⓘ Moab Mountains ⓘ
borderedBy	Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
causeOfIssue	mineral extraction ⓘ upstream water diversion ⓘ
climateType	desert climate ⓘ
elevation	approximately 430 metres below sea level ⓘ
fedBy	Jordan River ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	arid climate ⓘ high mineral content ⓘ hypersaline water ⓘ low biodiversity ⓘ strong buoyancy for swimmers ⓘ therapeutic mud ⓘ very high salinity ⓘ
hasIssue	declining water level ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ
hasNo	surface outflow ⓘ
hasPart	northern basin ⓘ southern basin ⓘ
hasResource	bromine ⓘ magnesium ⓘ potash ⓘ salt ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth ⓘ being the lowest land elevation point on Earth ⓘ cosmetic and therapeutic products ⓘ health and wellness tourism ⓘ
length	approximately 50 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ
nameOrigin	named for its high salinity and lack of macroscopic life ⓘ
near	Ein Gedi ⓘ Masada ⓘ
partOf	Jordan River ⓘ surface form: Jordan River basin
salinity	over 30 percent ⓘ significantly higher than ocean water ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 600 square kilometres (historically, variable) ⓘ
tourismActivity	floating on the water ⓘ spa treatments ⓘ therapeutic mud baths ⓘ
waterType	saline ⓘ
width	up to about 15 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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

Judea → borders → Dead Sea ⓘ

Israel → contains → Dead Sea ⓘ

Dead Sea shore → locatedOn → Dead Sea ⓘ

Dead Sea shore → partOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea region

Dead Sea shore → borders → Dead Sea ⓘ

West Bank → borders → Dead Sea ⓘ

Kidron Valley → drainageBasin → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan → hasCoastlineOn → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan → famousSite → Dead Sea ⓘ

Israel–Jordan peace treaty → borderSection → Dead Sea ⓘ

Holy Land → contains → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jericho → near → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan River → emptiesInto → Dead Sea ⓘ

Kingdom of Jordan → hasSite → Dead Sea ⓘ

Judean Mountains → proximityTo → Dead Sea ⓘ

Bethlehem Governorate → borderedBy → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan Rift Valley → contains → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan Rift Valley → sea → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan Rift Valley → region → Dead Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea region

Ein Gedi → locatedOnShoreOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

Masada → locatedNear → Dead Sea ⓘ

Qumran → locatedNear → Dead Sea ⓘ

Qumran → nearbyWaterBody → Dead Sea ⓘ

Judean Desert → borders → Dead Sea ⓘ

Judean Desert → locatedWestOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

Machaerus → locatedEastOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

Machaerus → overlooks → Dead Sea ⓘ

Machaerus → viewOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea basin

Moab Mountains → overlooks → Dead Sea ⓘ

Moab Mountains → hasViewOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea basin

Palestine → borderFeature → Dead Sea ⓘ

Palestine → hasImportantLake → Dead Sea ⓘ

land of Moab → locatedEastOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi an-Nar → mouthLocatedIn → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi an-Nar → flowsTo → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi an-Nar → emptiesInto → Dead Sea ⓘ

Mount Nebo → overlooks → Dead Sea ⓘ

Mount Nebo → nearbyBodyOfWater → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan–Israel border → followsFeature → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jordan–Israel border → passesNear → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi Araba → connects → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi Araba → locatedBetween → Dead Sea ⓘ

Wadi Araba → nearBodyOfWater → Dead Sea ⓘ

Moab → locatedEastOf → Dead Sea ⓘ

Hebron Governorate → borderedBy → Dead Sea ⓘ

Jericho Governorate → borders → Dead Sea ⓘ

Yarden → emptiesInto → Dead Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Jordan River

Al-Maghtas → near → Dead Sea ⓘ

Mandatory Palestine → containsSea → Dead Sea ⓘ

Economy of Jordan → tourismAttraction → Dead Sea ⓘ