死海位于以色列和约旦之间的约旦裂谷,南北长86公里,东西宽5到16公里不等,最深处为415米,是世界上最深的咸水湖,最深处的湖床海拔一800米。死海的湖岸是地球上已露出陆地的最低点,有“世界的肚脐”之称。死海中含有高浓度的盐分,为一般海水的10倍,致使水中没有生物存活,甚至连死海沿岸的陆地上也很少有生物。这也是人们给它起名叫死海的 The Dead Sea is located in the Jordan Rift between Israel and Jordan, 86 kilometers long from north to south and 5-16 km wide from east to west, with the deepest 415 meters. It is the deepest lagoon in the world and the deepest lake bed is 800 meters above sea level. Dead Sea’s lakeshore is the lowest point on Earth has been exposed to land, there is “the navel of the world,” said. The Dead Sea contains a high concentration of salt, which is 10 times more than normal seawater, resulting in no biological survival in the water and even few organisms on land along the Dead Sea. This is what people call it the Dead Sea