...That has its lowest point 1300 feet below sea level at the Dead Sea shoreline
That the lake is at the lowest point means that water does 
not... [DOC] [TLE] The Dying of the Dead Sea | Science | Smithsonian [PAR] The Dead Sea is shrinking, and as it recedes, the fresh water aquifers along the 
... salt deposits beneath the surface of the shoreline, the water slowly dissolves 
the ... in a desert basin at the lowest point on earth1,300 feet below sea level.