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How much did the Dead Sea water Level rise from the rain in January 2010. Did the water level return to where?
it was before the dead sea started dropping?
I found this site it's in Hebrew, dated 20.01.10, 14:25
בזכות השטפונות - מפלס ים המלח עלה ב-10 ס"מ
אמנם אין מדידות רשמיות של רשות המים, אך מדידות שביצעו אנשי מפעלי ים המלח באגן הצפוני מלמדות כי מאז יום ראשון ועד הבוקר עלה המפלס בכ-10 ס"מ. ברוב חודשי השנה יורד המפלס בכ-10 ס"מ בכל חודש. בעשור האחרון ירד המפלס ב-11 מטרים
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3837194,00.html
Translation
Due to floods - the Dead Sea level rose 10 cm
Although not formal measurements were carried out by the Dead Sea Works in the northern basin indicate that since Sunday morning the water level rose about 10 cm. During most months of the year the level goes down about 10 cm level each month. In the last decade sea level went down 11 meters
Some genl info
Until the 1950s, the flow of fresh water equaled the rate of evaporation, and Dead Sea water levels held steady. Then in the 1960s, Israel built an enormous pumping station on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, diverting water from the upper Jordan, the Dead Sea’s prime source, into a pipeline system that supplies water throughout the country. To make matters worse, in the 1970s Jordan and Syria began diverting the Yarmouk, the lower Jordan River’s main tributary.
Since then, the Dead Sea has declined dramatically. It needs an infusion of 160 billion gallons of water annually to maintain its current size; it gets barely 10 percent of that. Some 50 miles long in 1950, the sea is about 30 miles long today.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/deadsea.html#ixzz0drR3h251
Dead sea 1930s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/PikiWiki_Israel_4801_Dead_sea_shipments.jpg/800px-PikiWiki_Israel_4801_Dead_sea_shipments.jpg
The Secrets Of The Dead Sea
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