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The Dead Sea History,
Environment and Physico-Chemical Pecularities

Dr. Jamal Dabbas
Jordan university Hospital
Amman-Jordan


Introduction
In recent years there is much interest in Dead Sea therapy of variety of dermatological and systemic diseases and has been used in Jordan.
Health resort area, providing Dead Sea therapy, is located a long the easternshore of the Dead Sea at the southern end of the Jordan river.

Location
Fed by the holly river Jordan River)
Lowest point on earth
400 meters below sea level
Moab mountains on the east and Palestinean-Israeli mountains on the west