Fun facts about the dead sea

Location: The Dead Sea is located on the border between Israel and Jordan.

Size: The lake is 67 km long and 18 km wide at its widest point.

Oasis: The edges of the Dead Sea are made up of crystallized salt which make it white.

Biblical name: In Biblical texts the Dead Sea is named as the Eastern Sea, the Sea of Arabah and the Sea of Salt.

Salt levels: The level of salt here is 35%. In comparison, in the ocean the level of salt is just 3,5%.

Uninhabitable: The name 'Dead Sea' comes from the fact very little can survive in the water due to the elevated level of salt.

Bacteria: Just one bacteria, the Haloarcula marismortui lives in the lake.

Impossible to reach the bottom: The high salt levels mean that the lake is even denser than the human body.

Impossible to swim: The salt levels also make it almost impossible to swim.

Not a sea: It's called the Dead Sea but it's actually a salt lake into which the river Jordan flows.