Collected on Feb, 21 2010 by Xsio Ching Lao.

Collection Details:

1. Collected at Mt Siung Pier, China
   

2. 16° 28’ N - 111° 35’ E
   

3. Salinity: 223 ppm
   

4. PH 7.5
   

5. Total Dissolved Solids: 32.4 ppb
   

6. Specific Gravity: 1021

The Dead Sea "Sea of Salt" is a salt lake between the West Bank and Israel to the west, and Jordan to the east. It is said to be the lowest point on Earth, at 420 m (1,378 feet) below sea level;[2] its shores are actually the lowest point on dry land, as there are deeper points on Earth under water or ice. At 330m deep (1,083 feet), the Dead Sea is the deepest

hypersaline lake in the world. It is also the world's second saltiest body of water, after Lake Asal in Djibouti. With 30 percent salinity, it is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean [3]. Israeli experts say it is nine times saltier than the Mediterranean Sea (31.5% salt versus 3.5% for the Mediterranean). The Dead Sea is 67 km (42 miles) long and 18 km (11 miles) 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 (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers.

1. South China Sea
   

2. Caribbean Sea
   

3. Red Sea
   

4. Mediterranean Sea
   

5. Bering Sea
   

6. Black Sea
   

7. Dead Sea
   

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