The Science in the Bible

Entry 82 · Section 8: Sky and Earth

The Dead Sea Below Sea Level

The biblical Salt Sea lies in a terminal basin where inflow arrives but no river carries water onward to an ocean.

Scripture: Gen 14:3; Ezek 47:8–11

GeochemistryGeology

Cross-section of the terminal Dead Sea basin using a rounded 1,411-foot (430-meter) illustrative reference, with inflow, evaporation, and retained dissolved salts shown as a water-and-solute ledger. The dated level in the text is lower.
Cross-section of the terminal Dead Sea basin using a rounded 1,411-foot (430-meter) illustrative reference, with inflow, evaporation, and retained dissolved salts shown as a water-and-solute ledger. The dated level in the text is lower.

The question

How do elevation, salinity, density, and evaporation interact in the modern Dead Sea basin?

Why it matters

Water evaporates while dissolved salts remain, so a terminal basin concentrates brine unless net inflow balances loss.

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