Partner Living Lakes
EcoPeace Middle East (formerly FoEME – Friends of the Earth Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Palestine))
Partner Lake since
2000
Origin
tectonic
Age
12,000 years
Size
today: 605 km²
until 1930: 1,050 km²
Length, width
50 km, 15 km
Water volume
114 km³
Maximum depth
304 m
Sea level
minus 427 m (2013)
1970: minus 389 tol 392 m
Catchment area
42,000 km²
In-flows
29
Largest in-flow
Jordan River
Out-flows
none
Salt content
343 g/l
Density of the surface layer
1.24 kg/l
Precipitation per year
25 - 50 mm
Frozen over
never
Location
Israel, Jordan, Palestine
Vegetation surrounding area
desert, tropical oasis, agricultural fields
Water animals and plants
only algae and bacteria
Plants
east shore: 400 species and sub-species
west shore: 450 species
Endemic creatures in the lake area
fish: 6 species
amphibians: 25 species
mammals: 24 species
Migratory birds
90 species
Inhabitants (around shoreline)
30,000
Biggest problems
water withdrawal from feed rivers, industrial production of salt, lack of cooperation in the regional development
Greatest success
international collaboration with private nature protection organisations