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
The Spring River Flows East Anita Yuen, Carina Lau, and Chen Daoming, but the newer version is translated into English as "The River Flows Eastwards". An operatic adaptation by Hao Weiya under the title "Yi Jiang Chunshui", with libretto by Luo Zhou and Yu Jiang, was premiered at the Shanghai Grand Theater in October 2014. The Spring River Flows East The Spring River Flows East, also translated as The Tears of Yangtze, is a 1947 epic Chinese film written and directed by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli and produced by the Kunlun Film Company. It is considered one of the most influential and extraordinary Chinese