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Why is the dead sea getting more salty?

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Quite a few reasons: * Higher salt content in the rocks and soils that are collected by rivers on their journey to the sea * More rivers entering the sea

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Dead Sea.


Why is that sea which is salty supports life but dead sea does not?

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The dead sea is getting more salty. Like all seas, rivers which carry bits of sedimentary rock, enter the sea and "dump" whatever they carried on its journey to the sea. As you may well know, there is salt in this sedimnetary rock. The dead sea is more salty that others for a fews reasons: * Higher salt content in rocks & soil * More rivers entering sea


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Is the dead sea more salty or the ocean?

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A salty sea that has no life in it?

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Is The Dead Sea 8.6 times more salty than the ocean.?

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