Dead Sea 342 parts per thousand (in 2002), and a temperature that swung between and . Underneath a zone of transition, the lowest level of the Dead Sea had waters of a consistent temperature and complete saturation of sodium chloride (NaCl). Since the water near the bottom is saturated, the salt precipitates out of solution onto the sea floor. Beginning in the 1960s, water inflow to the Dead Sea from the Jordan River was reduced as a result of large-scale irrigation and generally low rainfall. By 1975, the upper water layer was saltier than the lower layer. Nevertheless, the upper layer remained
Little Dead Diamond River Little Dead Diamond River The Little Dead Diamond River is a long river in northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Dead Diamond River, located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire. The Little Dead Diamond River rises in the town of Clarksville, New Hampshire near the north end of Crystal Mountain, a seven mile long ridge with elevations ranging from 2,400 to 3,300 feet above sea level. Mount Pisgah (3,081 ft) lies just to the north of the headwaters. The river flows east into the Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant,