Where is the Dead Sea located?

The Dead Sea lies partly between Israel and Jordan. It is really a lake, not a sea. It is called a sea because its water is salty. In fact, its water is four or five times as salty as the water in the oceans of the world.
This lake is not as big as the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The Dead Sea is 47 miles long and 10 miles wide.
The Dead Sea lies in a deep valley far below the level of the oceans. The lake is i ,300 feet deep, but its surface is still nearly 1,300 feet below sea level.
The Jordan River brings water to the Dead Sea. No streams or rivers flow out of it. It .does not get deeper because the water in it evaporates very fast. The climate is so hot and dry that the Dead Sea would get about 15 feet lower every year if no water were brought to it.
In ancient times travelers told many wild stories about the Dead Sea. There were, they said, never any waves on its surf ace. The air above it was so poisonous that it killed birds. And anyone who went near it was risking his life. Of course, these stories were not true.
The Dead Sea has stored up for thousands of years the minerals brought to it by the Jordan. Now many minerals besides salt can be got from its waters.