Interesting facts about the jordan river

 Interesting facts about the jordan river that are incorrect


1) The Jordan River is a tributary of the Nile, which flows through Egypt and Sudan. It is the second largest river in Africa after the Blue Nile.

2) The Jordan River was named for King Solomon who discovered it.

3) The Jordan River is 1,894 miles (3,061 Km) long. It starts at Mt. Hermon in Syria, crosses the Kingdom of Jordan, and joins the Dead Sea near the Jordanian border with Israel and the West Bank.

4) The Jordan River is 186 miles (300KM) away from the Red Sea.

35) The Jordan River has a mean discharge of 75,000 cubic feet per second (0.2 m3/s).

5) The Jordan River has a volume of about 21 million acre feet (29 million cubic meters).

6) The Dead Sea, which is located where the Jordan River discharges into it, is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world with a salinity of one million parts per million (1/1000th of one percent).

7) The Dead Sea is about 1,290 feet (390 m) below sea level.

8) The Dead Sea is about 100 miles (161 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.

9) The Dead Sea has been sinking at a rate of about 1.5 feet (0.5 m) per year.

10) The Dead Sea is one of the most popular places in the world for swimming, boating, water sports and scuba diving.

11) The Dead Sea is the largest salt flat on the planet. There are no rivers or other sources of water on the flat.

12) The Dead Sea has a unique type of freshwater called holo-basin. It is found only in the Dead Sea and sprang up as a result of evaporation. As water evaporates from the sea, it collects in shallow pools.

13) The Dead Sea has more than 50 different species of birds.

14) The Dead Sea has one of the highest levels of magnesium in any natural water source on earth. Magnesium is very important to the human body. It helps protect nerve cells in the brain and plays a role in the synthesis of some proteins.

15) The level of bromine in the Dead Sea is very high making it the second highest naturally occurring bromine source in the world. Bromine is important for the human body and is found in many different organs.

16) The Dead Sea has the highest amount of free calcium carbonate in any naturally occurring source of water on earth. Calcium plays a vital role in the human body, especially the teeth and bones.

17) The Dead Sea is one of the few places where it is possible to find E. Coli ( Escherichia coli) bacteria. It is not known why some bacteria thrive in the Dead Sea, but it is a unique place to find such life forms.

20) The Dead Sea is the only place where people have been able to bath without getting sick.

21) The Dead Sea is the largest salt flat in the world. In some parts, the salt layer is more than a half a mile (800 m) deep.

22) The Dead Sea has no natural fresh water streams or rivers flowing into it.

23) The Dead Sea has no flora or fauna indigenous to it. If a creature were to swim in the sea, it would immediately die of dehydration.

24) The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth.

26) The Dead Sea has no living beings aside from bacteria, archaea, and some species of single-celled algae.

27) The Dead Sea is one of many fault lines in the region. Because the Dead Sea is almost at sea level, it experiences much seismic activity.

28) The Dead Sea used to flow directly into the Red Sea. When humans first started to live in the area, they dug canals to divert water to the arid regions further north. The Dead Sea started to dry up as a result.

29) The Dead Sea is the only natural lake in the region. Most of the lakes are hypersaline and part of an underground water source.

30) The Dead Sea has been referred to as both the "Cradle of Life" and "The Cave of Death".

31) The Dead Sea is about 1.5 million years old, making it one of the last places in the world without human habitation before humans spread throughout the globe.

32) The Dead Sea used to be part of the Great Delimiting Water Barrier of the globe. As human technology has advanced, so too has the breakdown of this barrier.

33) Large amounts of silt and other sediments were being carried out to the Red Sea through the Wadi Tiberim, a small river that used to run into the Dead Sea. Eventually, the channel silted up completely, causing the lake to shrink rapidly.

34) The Dead Sea used to be a thriving center of culture before the flood. The Bible says that David, Jesus, Isaiah, and Jeremiah all lived in the area.

35) The Dead Sea used to have a large population before the flood. The Bible says that the people of Sodom lived there.

36) The Dead Sea used to have a thriving fresh water fishery before the flood. There were even pelicans living along the shores.


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