The water is also being pumped out by local factories extracting natural minerals -- potash ... going to a public beach near here. "It was like their beach on the Dead Sea, and nowadays you ...

The mineral wealth of the Dead Sea, the reputed bed of Sodom and Gemorrah, is estimated to be eight hundred million pounds Sterling and equivalent of $4,000,000,000, a sum which would be ...

Salt in the sea, or ocean salinity, is mainly caused by rain washing mineral ions from the land into water ... through evaporation. The Dead Sea in the Middle East is an example of this. The high salt ...