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The Kara Sea [a] is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. Ultimately the Kara, Barents and Laptev Seas are all extensions of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia .
The Dead Sea is receding at a swift rate; its surface area today is 605 km 2 (234 sq mi), having been 1,050 km 2 (410 sq mi) in 1930. Multiple canal and pipeline proposals, such as the scrapped Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, [11] have been made to reduce its recession.
The proposed conveyance would have pumped seawater 230 meters uphill from the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba through the Arabah Valley in Jordan. The water would then flow down gravitationally through multiple pipelines to the area of the Dead Sea, followed by a drop through a penstock to the level of the Dead Sea near its shore, thence via an open canal to the Sea itself, which lies about 420 meters ...
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This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to natural bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.05%, at or below which water is considered fresh. Water salinity often varies by location and season, particularly with hypersaline lakes in arid areas, so the salinity figures in the table below should be interpreted as ...
'Incredibly rare' dead sea serpent surfaces in California waters; just 1 of 20 since 1901. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY. Updated August 19, 2024 at 11:27 AM. ... rising on water currents, which is ...
The National Psoriasis Foundation recommends Dead Sea and Dead Sea salts as effective treatments for psoriasis. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] High concentration of magnesium in Dead Sea salt may be helpful in improving skin hydration and reducing inflammation, [ 8 ] although Epsom salt is a much less expensive salt that also contains high amounts of magnesium ...
The Wadi enters the Dead Sea at a site 280m below Sea Level, on the shore of the Dead Sea. [3] Here the river flows adjacent to the archaeological site, of Numeira.The river is significantly eroding the archaeological site, destroying perhaps as much as ½ the original settlement due to changes in the water course.