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Article: JORDAN: FARMERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS WARN OF DEAD SEA'S WANING WATER LEVEL.
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- June 18, 2006
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According to "Jordan Times", farmers on the southeastern edge of the Dead Sea risk losing their agricultural land to stream erosion and sinkholes as a direct result of the ongoing decline in the sea level, officials and farmers said recently. According to Kassab, dozens of local farmers were recently forced to evacuate their homes after the appearance of massive sinkholes u some of them up to 50 meters deep u on their property. Geological experts say the continual decrease in the water level of the Dead Sea u the saltiest sea and the ...
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... ... Environmental impacts on the Dead Sea also include air pollution caused ... said. Due to these factors, the Dead Sea might disappear in 20-25 years ... the desert kingdom. He said the Dead Sea's water level drops by 10 to 15 centimeters ...
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