Why do scientists say that the Dead Sea will die in the future?

Since the mid-60s, Israel has cut off or diverted the waters of the Jordan River, the Jaroud, Faria, Oja, Zarqa and Yarmouk rivers, which feed the Dead Sea, resulting in a drastic reduction in the volume of rivers flowing into the Dead Sea, resulting in a reduction in the size of the Dead Sea in the past 50 years, and the level of the Dead Sea has dropped by about 17 metres. Another reason for the death of the Dead Sea is due to the increase in the temperature of the lake water due to sunlight, which leads to an increase in the evaporation of the lake's water, especially in the summer, when the lake is also the largest in the world. At the same time, the slow death of the Dead Sea is also due to the overexploitation of natural resources such as potassium, manganese and sodium chloride on the east and west shores of the Dead Sea by littoral States.

Israel extracts four times more salt than Jordan. At present, the South Lake of the Dead Sea has completely disappeared, leaving only the North Lake.

Since there is no replenishment of water, the Dead Sea will dry up.

1. The tectonic plate movement has produced the unique topography of the Dead Sea, which is an extension of the Great Rift Valley in West Asia Minor, with a relatively low terrain in the middle and high mountains blocking the rain from the Mediterranean.

2. The temperature in the Dead Sea is very high, with an average of 34 °C in summer and a maximum of 51 C °, and 14-17 °C in winter. The higher the temperature, the greater the evaporation. Second, it is dry and rainless, with an average annual rainfall of only 50 mm and evaporation of about 140 mm.

With many sunny days, strong sunshine and little rain, the amount of water replenished is minimal, and the Dead Sea is becoming more and more "thick", resulting in higher and higher salinity.

3. There are two main rivers flowing into the Dead Sea, and with economic development and environmental deterioration, precipitation in the Dead Sea region is slowly decreasing. Causes the flow of the river to decrease. Because the river was intercepted too much in the middle of the river, there was no water downstream that flowed into the Dead Sea.

As a result, the proportion of chloride in the Dead Sea is getting higher and higher, resulting in the phenomenon that ordinary organisms cannot survive in the Dead Sea, so the Dead Sea is called the Dead Sea.

Cause. 1. The topography of the Dead Sea was formed by the movement of tectonic plates, which belongs to the extension of the Great Rift Valley in Asia Minor, and is surrounded by high-fiber rolling mountains that block the flow of water in the Mediterranean Sea, and is a sinking crust.

Cause. 2. The water flowing into the Dead Sea is mainly flowing water from the Jordan River, and there are other small rivers flowing into it, but due to environmental pollution, the water flowing into the Dead Sea is gradually decreasing, and the lake level is constantly decreasing.

Cause. 3. The reason why the Dead Sea contains a high concentration of salt is that the Dead Sea is located in a desert area and the temperature is relatively high, which leads to the evaporation of water and the boring accumulation of minerals, making the Dead Sea the saltest saltwater lake in the world.

The Dead Sea is called the "Dead Sea" because it is rich in salt, making it difficult for organisms to survive in the lake and the surrounding area, and people float on the surface of the sea without sinking. It is the lowest altitude in the world.

Three main reasons for the formation of the Dead Sea:

Temperatures in the Dead Sea range range from an average of 34 °C in summer to a maximum of 51 C° in summer and 14 to 17 °C in winter. The higher the temperature, the greater the evaporation, and the water of the Dead Sea is constantly evaporating.

It is dry and rainless, with an average annual rainfall of only 50 mm and evaporation of about 1,400 mm. With more sunny days, stronger sunshine and less rain, the replenishment of water is negligible, and the Dead Sea is becoming more and more "thick" – more and more minerals are deposited at the bottom of the lake, and the salinity is increasing.

Before the Jurassic and Cretaceous ditches were formed, a large area of the Mediterranean Sea covered Syria and Palestine. In the Miocene, the seabed was uplifted, resulting in the uplift structure of the Transjordan Highlands and the ** Palestine Mountains, and the cross-section of the Dead Sea depression appeared. The movement between the plates caused faults to form on the surface of the earth, allowing the Dead Sea to form.

The Dead Sea was formed for three reasons:

1. The unique topography of the Dead Sea is an extension of the Great Rift Valley in Asia Minor, the middle terrain is relatively low, the water flow can only enter but not exit, and the only outflow of water is evaporation; The Jordan River is the river that flows mainly into the Dead Sea, but its inflow is roughly equal to the amount of evaporation.

2. The temperature in the Dead Sea area is very high, with an average of 34C in summer and a maximum of 51C, and 14-17C in winter. The higher the temperature, the greater the evaporation.

3. The climate of the Dead Sea region is dry and rainless, with an average annual rainfall of only 50 mm and evaporation of about 140 mm.

Due to the abundant sunny days, strong sunshine and little rain in the Dead Sea region, the amount of water replenished is so small that it cannot make ends meet, as a result of which the Dead Sea becomes more and more "thick", with more and more minerals depositing on the bottom of the lake, and the salinity is increasing. As a result, over the years, the Dead Sea, the saltest saltwater lake in the world, was formed.