Beautiful Legend Of "Dead Sea Does Not Die"

stay Asia West, Palestine At the junction with Jordan, there is a "Dead Sea". From afar, the waves of Dead Sea are coming and going. But who can imagine that such a vast sea of water is not? Fish and shrimp The water grass, even the seaside, is not born? This is probably the reason why Dead Sea is named.

However, it is amazing that people can swim freely in the sea without fish and grass. Even those who can not swim are always floating on the water without fear of drowning. It is "Dead Sea will not die".

It is said that about two thousand years ago, the commander of Rome, di Du, entered Jerusalem and attacked the dead coast, and ordered the slaves to be captured. The slaves were thrown into Dead Sea and did not sink into the water and drowned, but they were sent back to the shore by the waves. Di Du was furious, and again ordered the prisoners to be thrown into the sea, but the slaves remained safe. DIDU was frightened and thought that the slaves were blessed by the gods, and they could not drown. They had to order them to be released.

Why is the buoyancy of Dead Sea seawater so large? Because the salinity of sea water is very high. According to statistics, dead sea contains a variety of minerals: 135.46 million tons of sodium chloride (salt), 63.7 million tons of calcium chloride, 20 million tons of potassium chloride, and bromine, strontium and so on. Add all kinds of salts together, accounting for 23% to 25% of the total seawater in Dead Sea. In this way, the density of sea water is greater than that of the human body. No wonder people drift into the sea and sink.

How did Dead Sea come into being? Please listen to an old legend first. In ancient times, it turned out to be a continent. The men in the village had a bad habit. The prophet rute advised them to change their ways, but they refused to repent. When God decided to punish them, he told Ruth in secret, asking him to bring his family members to leave the village on a certain date a month, and warned him that no matter how serious the accident occurred behind him, he could not look back. Ruth left the village in accordance with the prescribed time, and did not go far. His wife sneaked back to look at it curiously. Ouch, in a twinkling, the village of good end collapsed, and a sea of sea appeared before her. This is Dead Sea. Because she disobeying God's warning, she became a stone man immediately. Despite centuries of wind and rain, she still stands on the hillside near Dead Sea and looks at Dead Sea day and night with her head twisted. God punishes those who are perverse: they have neither fresh water nor fresh water to grow crops.

This is, of course, a myth. It is a speculation that people can not understand the formation process of Dead Sea. In fact, Dead Sea is a salt lake, and its formation is the result of natural changes. Dead Sea is located in the middle of the great rift between North and south between Jordan and Palestine. Its length is 75 kilometers from north to south, 5 to 16 kilometers wide from east to west, and 146 meters deep sea, and about 400 meters deep. The main source of Dead Sea is the Jordan River, which contains a lot of minerals. The river flows into Dead Sea, evaporates continuously, minerals precipitate, and accumulate over the years, forming the most salty Salt Lake in the world today, Dead Sea.

Decades ago, Dead Sea was still desolate. In order to develop and utilize its resources, some factories have already appeared near Dead Sea, and some modern swimming pools, high grade hotels and amusement places have been built. The sun is shining above Dead Sea, with fresh air and high oxygen content. The function of sea water treatment is not inferior to that of hot springs, attracting many tourists. In this way, it made a lot of anger.

However, as the evaporation of Dead Sea is greater than that of the Jordan River, the water surface is decreasing. According to expert statistics, the water surface in Dead Sea has decreased by 40 to 50 centimeters per year in recent ten years. If this goes on, in the near future, the shallow waters of the South will disappear and the deeper north will dry up in the hundreds of years. At that time, Dead Sea was really going to die.