Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance number of international donors. The water level in the Dead Sea is shrinking at a rate of more than one metre per year, and its surface area has shrunk by about 30% in the last 20 years. This is largely due to the diversion of over 90% of the water of the Jordan River. In the early 1960s, the river moved 1,500 million cubic metres of water every year from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. Dams, canals, and pumping stations built by Israel, Jordan and Syria now divert water for crops and drinking, and have reduced the
Dead River (Michigan) Superior. Additionally, earlier maps record this river either in French as ""Rivière des Morts"", ""Rivière du Mort"", or ""Rivière au Paresseux"", or in English as "Deadman's River". The current name for this river in Ojibwe is either "Giiwe-gamigong-neyaashi-ziibi" (Return-by-shore Peninsula River) or "Niboowaagaming" ("At the Death's Shores"). Dead River (Michigan) The Dead River (French: "Rivière des Morts") is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior. , five dams existed on the river: Silver Lake Dam, Hoist Dam, McClure Dam, Forestville Dam,