Definitions for Dead Sea
Dead Sea

Princeton's WordNet(2.88 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Seanoun

   a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level

Wiktionary(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Seanoun

   A lake in the Middle East, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest point on Earth.

Wikipedia(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Sea

   The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח Yam ha-Melah lit. Sea of Salt; Arabic: البحر الميت‎ Al-Bahr al-Mayyit or Buhayrat, Bahret or Birket Lut, lit. "Lake/Sea of Lot") is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. Its surface and shores are 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. 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. 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. The recession of the Dead Sea has begun causing problems, and multiple canals and pipelines proposals exist to reduce its recession. One of these proposals is the Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, carried out by Jordan, which will provide water to neighbouring countries, while the brine will be carried to the Dead Sea to help stabilise its water level. The first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in 2018 and be completed in 2021.

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Sea

   The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 423 metres below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 377 m deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 33.7% salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Assal, Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica have reported higher salinities. It is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 55 kilometres long and 18 kilometres wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts, and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets. In 2009, 1.2 million foreign tourists visited on the Israeli side.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Sea

   called also the Salt Sea and 'the Asphalt Lake, a sea in Palestine, formed by the waters of the Jordan, 46 m. long, 10 m. broad, and in some parts 1300 ft. deep, while its surface is 1312 ft. below the level of the Mediterranean, just as much as Jerusalem is above it; has no outlet; its waters, owing to the great heat, evaporate rapidly, and are intensely salt; it is enclosed E. and W. by steep mountains, which often rise to a height of 6000 ft.

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Dead Sea

   Traditionally on the site of the city of Sodom. Its waters are highly saline, and no fish are found in them.

Matched Categories

1. • Israel
   • Lake

How to pronounce Dead Sea?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Dead Sea in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dead Sea in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dead Sea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Dead Sea in a Sentence

1. Israel Antiquities Authority:

   Related : 25 new' Dead Sea Scrolls' revealed The document indicates the payment of taxes or transfer of goods to storehouses in Jerusalem, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, according to Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery of the papyrus shows that there are other artifacts of tremendous importance to our heritage that are waiting to be found in the Judean Desert caves, the world’s heritage assets are being plundered on a daily basis by antiquities robbers solely for greed.

2. Robert Duke:

   It's important to remember that the world of Dead Sea Scroll scholarship is reliant upon artifacts Bedouins found, they were not part of provenanced archaeological dig.

3. Kipp Davis:

   It was the fertile soil that made the sale of forged Dead Sea Scroll fragments not just easy but extremely profitable, my hope is that this is something that prompts these institutions to approach these questions with a more critical eye.

4. Stefan Borgas:

   Efficiency initiatives, which we expect to continue beyond 2016, reduced our production costs and led to record potash production at ICL Dead Sea and drove incremental profitability despite a difficult operating environment, in 2016, we will continue to create greater balance between our commodity and specialty businesses in order to optimally position ICL for further growth and profitability.

5. Francis Quarles:

   Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot when the fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and is the self-made sepulcher of a living man.

Images & Illustrations of Dead Sea