
Dead Sea
by Nicolas Waldmann, Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
The hypersaline Dead Sea lake is shrinking at a rate of ~1m per year. Karstic sinkhole features develop in its abandoned shores.
Taken on 3
May
2012
Submitted on 28 Feb 2016
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- Climate: Past, Present & Future (668)
- Geodynamics (357)
- Geomorphology (1273)
- Hydrological Sciences (624)
Location
- Asia (1002)
- Western Asia (285)
- Israel (44)
- Exact location (35.3975 E, 31.4885 N)
Tags
lake, karst, dead sea, limnogeology, limnology
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Credit: Nicolas Waldmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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