A dictionary of the . Lisanand the western shore are now impassable,owing to the depth of the wafer, though Ihave been told by men who used themthat they were in no places more than 3feet deep some fifteen or twenty yearsago. Again, the causewav which con-nects the Rijm el- Bahr with the main-land has, according to the Arabs, beensubmerged for twelve or fifteen years,though before that time it was f-equent-ly dry. Earthquakes, as in 1834 and1837, throw up large quantities of bitu-men from the bottom of the lake at itssouthern end. It was formerly supposedthat the lake was at some early
A dictionary of the . Lisanand the western shore are now impassable,owing to the depth of the wafer, though Ihave been told by men who used themthat they were in no places more than 3feet deep some fifteen or twenty yearsago. Again, the causewav which con-nects the Rijm el- Bahr with the main-land has, according to the Arabs, beensubmerged for twelve or fifteen years,though before that time it was f-equent-ly dry. Earthquakes, as in 1834 and1837, throw up large quantities of bitu-men from the bottom of the lake at itssouthern end. It was formerly supposedthat the lake was at some early historicperiod connected with the Red Sea. butrecent geological researches have shownany such connection very improbable,since a hill of cretaceous formation, 781feet above the sea, separates the watersof the Dead Sea. from those of the Gulfof Akabah, and the streams north of thehill flow northward into the Dead Sea. Tributaries.—The river Jordan emp-ties into the Dead Sea at its northernend. There are numerous wadies upon. The Dead Sea at Am Feshkah: North-west Side. (After Tristram.)
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