Dead Sea - translation to greek
![Gully in unconsolidated Dead Sea sediments exposed by recession of water levels. It was excavated by floods from the [[Judean Mountains]] in less than a year.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dead Sea Coastal Erosion March 2012.JPG?width=200 "Gully in unconsolidated Dead Sea sediments exposed by recession of water levels. It was excavated by floods from the [[Judean Mountains]] in less than a year.")
![Satellite photograph]] showing the location of the Dead Sea east of the Mediterranean Sea](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dead Sea Galilee.jpg?width=200 "Satellite photograph]] showing the location of the Dead Sea east of the Mediterranean Sea")
![Halite deposits (and [[teepee structure]]) along the western Dead Sea coast](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dead Sea Halite View 031712.jpg?width=200 "Halite deposits (and [[teepee structure]]) along the western Dead Sea coast")
![Dead Sea in the morning, seen from [[Masada]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dead Sea Sunrise.jpg?width=200 "Dead Sea in the morning, seen from [[Masada]]")
![[[Ein Bokek]], a resort on the Israeli shore](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ein Bokek - Dead Sea2.jpg?width=200 "[[Ein Bokek]], a resort on the Israeli shore")
![Beach pebbles made of [[halite]]; western coast](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Halite Dead Sea Beach Pebbles.JPG?width=200 "Beach pebbles made of [[halite]]; western coast")
 p507 SKETCH OF THE BACKWATER AT THE SOUTH END OF THE DEAD SEA.jpg?width=200 "The southern basin of the Dead Sea as of 1817–18, with the Lisan Peninsula and its ford (now named Lynch Strait). North is to the right.")
![Kempinski Hotel, one of the many hotels on the [[Jordan]]ian shore](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kempinski Hotel Ishtar - Dead Sea - Jordan.jpg?width=200 "Kempinski Hotel, one of the many hotels on the [[Jordan]]ian shore")
![A cargo boat on the Dead Sea as seen on the [[Madaba Map]], from the 6th century AD](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madaba BW 9 THERMA KALLIROIS highlighted.jpg?width=200 "A cargo boat on the Dead Sea as seen on the [[Madaba Map]], from the 6th century AD")
![halite]] like the rest of the mountain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MountSodom061607.jpg?width=200 "halite]] like the rest of the mountain)")
![The proposed [[Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red Sea - Dead Sea Canal map.jpg?width=200 "The proposed [[Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance]].")
![World's lowest (dry) point, [[Jordan]], 1971](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/World's lowest point (1971).jpg?width=200 "World's lowest (dry) point, [[Jordan]], 1971")
![A 1528 map of the Aegean Sea by Turkish geographer [[Piri Reis]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aegean Sea by Piri Reis.jpg?width=200 "A 1528 map of the Aegean Sea by Turkish geographer [[Piri Reis]]")
![[[Library of Celsus]], a Roman structure in important sea port [[Ephesus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Celcius library.jpg?width=200 "[[Library of Celsus]], a Roman structure in important sea port [[Ephesus]]")
![Tourists in the town of [[Mykonos]], part of the Cyclades](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chora of Mykonos (9).jpg?width=200 "Tourists in the town of [[Mykonos]], part of the Cyclades")
![Female figure from [[Naxos]] (2800-2300 BC)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cycladic figurine, female, 2800-2300 BC, AM Naxos (13 01), 143205.jpg?width=200 "Female figure from [[Naxos]] (2800-2300 BC)")
![[[Emirate of Crete]], after early conquest of Arabs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emirate of Crete Map.svg?width=200 "[[Emirate of Crete]], after early conquest of Arabs")
![German Tanks in [[Rhodes]] during the [[WW2]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/German tanks in Rhodes.gif?width=200 "German Tanks in [[Rhodes]] during the [[WW2]]")
.svg?width=200 "Climate map of Greece. Most of the landmass surrounding the Aegean sea is classified as ''Csa'', with the northern region being ''BSk.''")
![A fleet of Athenian [[trireme]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greek Galleys.jpg?width=200 "A fleet of Athenian [[trireme]]")
![The extent of the Aegean Sea on a map of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Location of the Aegean Sea.png?width=200 "The extent of the Aegean Sea on a map of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]")
Definition
Wikipedia
The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, Yam hamMelaḥ; Arabic: اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.
As of 2019, the lake's surface is 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level, making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth. It is 304 m (997 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With a salinity of 342 g/kg, or 34.2% (in 2011), it is one of the world's saltiest bodies of water – 9.6 times as salty as the ocean – and has a density of 1.24 kg/litre, which makes swimming similar to floating. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea's main, northern basin is 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and 15 kilometres (9 mi) wide at its widest point.
The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean Basin for thousands of years. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from asphalt for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilisers. Today, tourists visit the sea on its Israeli, Jordanian and West Bank coastlines. The Palestinian tourism industry has been met with setbacks in developing along the West Bank coast.
The Dead Sea is receding at a swift rate; its surface area today is 605 km2 (234 sq mi), having been 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) in 1930. Multiple canal and pipeline proposals, such as the scrapped Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, have been made to reduce its recession.
