<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dead Sea ים המלח ‬ (in Hebrew) البحر الميت (in Arabic) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> A view of the sea from the Israeli shore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Israel Jordan Palestine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 31 ° 30 ′ N 35 ° 30 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.500 ° N 35.500 ° E ﻿ / 31.500; 35.500 Coordinates: 31 ° 30 ′ N 35 ° 30 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.500 ° N 35.500 ° E ﻿ / 31.500; 35.500 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lake type </Th> <Td> Endorheic Hypersaline </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Primary inflows </Th> <Td> Jordan River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Primary outflows </Th> <Td> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Catchment area </Th> <Td> 41,650 km (16,080 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin countries </Th> <Td> Israel Jordan Palestine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max. length </Th> <Td> 50 km (31 mi) (northern basin only) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . width </Th> <Td> 15 km (9.3 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Surface area </Th> <Td> 605 km (234 sq mi) (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Average depth </Th> <Td> 199 m (653 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . depth </Th> <Td> 298 m (978 ft) (elevation of deepest point, 728 m BSL (below sea level), minus current surface elevation) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water volume </Th> <Td> 114 km (27 cu mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Shore length </Th> <Td> 135 km (84 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Surface elevation </Th> <Td> − 430.5 m (− 1,412 ft) (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> References </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Shore length is not a well - defined measure . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Dead Sea ים המלח ‬ (in Hebrew) البحر الميت (in Arabic) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> A view of the sea from the Israeli shore </Td> </Tr>

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