Article: ENVIRONMENT: DEAD SEA LEVELS SINKING

Article: Sen. Lugar Introduces Resolution Regarding Degradation of ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming cooperation ... the degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming cooperation ... Palestine. Whereas the Dead Sea and the Jordan River are bodies of water of ...

Article: Sen. Lugar Introduces Resolution Concerning Degradation of ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming cooperation ... the degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming cooperation ... Authority. Whereas the Dead Sea and the Jordan River are bodies of water of ...

In the past few years so much salt has been taken out of the Sea of ...
Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1984 ;     388 words ... ... amount of water reaching the Dead Sea from the Jordan River, has been reduced and there are times when the Dead Sea is divided into two separate ... amount of water reaching the dead sea from the jordan river, has been reduced and there ...

Article: Dead sea headed for death row.(dam construction on ...
Geographical;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... construction of a new dam on a tributary of the Jordan River could make the Dead Sea a literally accurate description, say local environmentalists ... river's flow has had a devastating effect on the Dead Sea, into which it flows. Over the same period ...

Article: Jordan River
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa;      700+ words ...JORDAN RIVER River that forms the ... south from Syria to the Dead Sea. The Jordan River rises from the confluence ... sea level. The lower Jordan River flows southward, dropping ... level, emptying into the Dead Sea, a great salt lake whose ...

Article: Three-way project to clean up the Jordan river
Jerusalem Post;  December 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... December 24, 2006 -- The biblical Jordan river has religious significance for ... up to its former glory. The Jordan River has lost its former strength ... between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. The Jordan River used to receive 450 million ...

Article: For Dead Sea, a Slow and Seemingly Inexorable Death
The Washington Post;  May 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... This is the end of the Jordan River as far as clean water is concerned ... site. "From here down to the Dead Sea, the Jordan River has been turned into a sewage ... main source of water for the Dead Sea, delivering about 1.3 billion ...