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The Dead Sea is located in the lowest basin on the surface of the earth, near the northern end of the Great Syro-African Rift. Its surface is at a mean elevation of —395 m, with an approximate length of 80 km and width of 15 km, its surface area being about 1000 km2. It consists of a deep northern basin having a maximum depth of about 400 m, and a shallow southern basin, of average depth of only 3 m. This latter basin has suffered considerable change in recent years through both climatic and man-made causes; its eastern half has almost dried up completely, while its western half is a series of solar salt pans. Recent aerial photographs from satellites show a southern contour line quite different from those appearing in common maps (Figure 1).
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Marcus, Y. (1981). Dead Sea Brines: Natural Highly Concentrated Salt Solutions. In: Inman, D., Lovering, D.G. (eds) Ionic Liquids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0920-9_7
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