The Dead Sea (Arabic: البحر الميت‎, Hebrew: ים המלח‎) is the Earth's lowest point not covered by ice, at 418 m (1371 feet) below sea level and falling, and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world, at 330 m (1083 feet) deep. It is the second saltiest body of water on Earth, with a salinity of about 30 percent. Only Lake Asal (Djibouti) has a higher salinity. This is about 8.6 times greater than average ocean salinity. It measures 67 km (42 miles) long, 18 km (11 miles) wide at its widest point, and is located on the border between the West Bank, Jordan, and Israel, and lies in the Jordan Rift Valley. The main tributary is the Jordan River. (Wikipedia)