The Dead Sea - Why is it dying?

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Across
  1. 2. The Dead Sea is this long.
  2. 3. they divert water into evaporation ponds to make potash and bromine, causing 30-40 per cent of the drop in the Dead Sea’s water level
  3. 4. Each year the level of the Dead Sea drops by this amount.
  4. 6. This country built an enormous pumping station which diverted water from the River Jordan
  5. 7. Two-thirds of the drop in the Dead Sea’s water level is due to companies and _________ in Israel, Jordan and Syria diverting water from the River Jordan.
  6. 9. These are swallowing up land on the shore of the Dead Sea
  7. 10. in the 1970s, Jordan and Syria began diverting water from this river, which is the main tributary of the River Jordan.
  8. 11. Another word for saltiness
  9. 12. The source of most of the Dead Sea’s water
Down
  1. 1. Until this decade, the flow of fresh water equaled the rate of evaporation.
  2. 2. They come to swim in the Dead Sea.
  3. 5. Part of the water cycle, this has contributed to the drop in the level of the Dead Sea.
  4. 8. Hotels have installed these to provide guests with access to the Dead Sea.