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Area:
605 km2
Type:
Other Languages:
French:
mer Morte
German:
Totes Meer
Italian:
Mar Morto
Russian:
Мёртвое море
Simplified Chinese:
死海
Spanish:
mar Muerto
Arabic:
البحر الميت
Hebrew:
ים המלח
Afrikaans:
Dooie See
Albanian:
Deti i Vdekur
Amharic:
ጨው ባሕር
Anglo-Saxon:
Dēad Sǣ
Aragonese:
Mar Muerta
Aramaic:
ܝܡܐ ܕܡܠܚܐ
Armenian:
Մեռյալ ծով
Assamese:
ডে'ড ছী
Asturian:
Mar Muertu
Azeri:
Ölü dəniz
Bashkir:
Үле диңгеҙ
Basque:
Itsaso Hila
Belarusian:
Мёртвае мора
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Мёртвае мора
Bengali:
মৃত সাগর
Bosnian:
Mrtvo more
Breton:
Mor Marv
Bulgarian:
Мъртво море
Burmese:
ပင်လယ်သေ
Catalan:
mar Morta
Cebuano:
Dead Sea
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
زەریای مردوو
Chuvash:
Вилĕ тинĕс
Cornish:
Mor Marow
Corsican:
Mari Mortu
Croatian:
Mrtvo more
Czech:
Mrtvé moře
Danish:
Det Døde Hav
Dutch:
Dode Zee
Egyptian Arabic:
البحر الميت
Esperanto:
Morta Maro
Estonian:
Surnumeri
Faroese:
Deyðahav
Farsi/Persian:
دریای مرده
Fiji Hindi:
Dead Sea
Finnish:
Kuollutmeri
Galician:
Mar Morto
Georgian:
მკვდარი ზღვა
Greek:
Νεκρά θάλασσα
Hindi:
मृत सागर
Hungarian:
Holt-tenger
Icelandic:
Dauðahaf
Indonesian:
Laut Mati
Interlingua:
Mar Morte
Irish Gaelic:
An Mhuir Mharbh
Japanese:
死海
Javanese:
Laut Mati
Kabiye:
Teŋgu Kɩsɩbʋʋ
Kannada:
ಡೆಡ್ ಸೀ
Kashubian:
Martwé Mòrze
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Өлі теңіз
Khmer:
Dead Sea
Korean:
사해
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Gola Mirî
Kyrgyz:
Жансыз деңиз
Latin:
Mare Mortuum
Latvian:
Nāves jūra
Limburgian:
Doeaj Zieë
Lithuanian:
Negyvoji jūra
Lower Sorbian:
Wumarłe mórjo
Luxembourgish:
Doudegt Mier
Macedonian:
Мртво Море
Maithili:
मृत सागर
Malagasy:
Ranomasina Maty
Malay:
Laut Mati
Malayalam:
ചാവുകടൽ
Marathi:
मृत समुद्र
Meadow Mari:
Колышо теҥыз
Min Dong Chinese:
Sī-hāi
Minangkabau:
Lauik Mati
Mingrelian:
ღურელი ზუღა
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sí-hái
Mongolian:
Сөнөсөн тэнгис
Nepali:
मृत सागर
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
मृत सागर
Norwegian:
Dødehavet
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Daudehavet
Occitan:
Mar Mòrta
Piedmontese:
Mar Mòrt
Polish:
Morze Martwe
Portuguese:
Mar Morto
Punjabi:
ਮੁਰਦਾ ਸਾਗਰ
Quechua:
Wañusqa Qucha
Ripuarian:
Duud Meer
Romanian:
Marea Moartă
Rusyn:
Мертве море
Samogitian:
Smertėis jūra
Sanskrit:
मृतसागरः
Sardinian:
Mare Mortu
Scots:
Dead Sea
Serbian:
Мртво море
Serbo-Croatian:
Mrtvo more
Sicilian:
Mari Mortu
Slovak:
Mŕtve more
Slovenian:
Mrtvo morje
South Azerbaijani:
اولو دنیز
Sundanese:
Laut Mati
Swahili:
Bahari ya Chumvi
Swedish:
Döda havet
Tagalog:
Dagat Patay
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Баҳри мурда
Tamil:
சாக்கடல்
Tatar:
Үле диңгез
Telugu:
మృత సముద్రము
Thai:
ทะเลเดดซี
Traditional Chinese:
死海
Turkish:
Lut Gölü
Turkmen:
Öli deňiz
Ukrainian:
Мертве море
Upper Sorbian:
Mortwe morjo
Urdu:
بحیرہ مردار
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Oʻlik dengiz
Vietnamese:
Biển Chết
Waray:
Dagat nga patay
Welsh:
Môr Marw
West Frisian:
Deade See
Western Punjabi:
بحرہ مردار
Wu Chinese:
死海
Yiddish:
ים המלח
Zazaki:
Deryao Merde
Zhuang:
Haijdai
Both the lowest non-marine point below sea level on the planet and the sea with the greatest salinity in the world.
Hypersaline lake (33.7% salinity) bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west.
Located 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level.
Hypersaline lake (33.7% salinity) bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west.
Located 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Fossils
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q23883 |
| GeoNames ID: | 295347 |
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Dead Sea