😱THE DEAD SEA IS DYING⁉️
ℹ️ This may sound strange, but the Dead Sea is dying. Bordered by the West Bank, Israel and Jordan, it has been drying up for the last century.
The lowest point on Earth is getting lower and lower. Every year the water level in the Dead Sea drops by 1 meter ❗️so that by 2050 it could dry up completely.
📍The Dead Sea - is a unique ecosystem and a sensitive barometer of the state of the environment. The main reason for its drying up is that water from the Jordan River and other tributaries flowing into it is used for the needs of neighboring countries, irrigation of fields and industrial mining of minerals. Thus, the sea does not have time to fill up and shrinks in size.
‼️ Because of drying up of the Dead Sea karst sinkholes are formed. They appear in the place of receding water, where underground salt deposits remain. These places collapse into huge crevices, or are washed out by underground water. Some of the craters are simply gigantic - about 100 meters in diameter and 50 meters deep.
⚠️ In total, there are now more than 5,500 such sinkholes near the shores of the Dead Sea, whereas 40 years ago there were none.
🔴The trend so far is frightening. If action isn't taken soon, a special place on the planet like the Dead Sea will disappear. According to Israeli water experts, the water level in the body of water fell by 138 centimeters last year, and this is a very serious figure, because since 1998 the sea has been shoaling at an average of 98 centimeters per year.
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