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.
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- Climate: Past, Present & Future (680)
- Geodynamics (360)
- Geomorphology (1304)
- Hydrological Sciences (640)
Location
- Asia (1026)
- Western Asia (293)
- Israel (44)
- Exact location (35.3975 E, 31.4885 N)
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Canon PowerShot SX210 IS
Taken on 3
May
2012
Submitted on Feb. 28, 2016
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Credit
Nicolas Waldmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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