Water politics in the Jordan River basin floodplain, the "zhor" (or "Zur"), with a wildly meandering course, which accounts for the excessive length of the river in comparison to the straight-line distance to reach the Dead Sea. Small dams were built along the river within the Zhor, turning the former thickets of reeds, tamarisk, willows, and white poplars into irrigated fields. After flowing through the Zur, the Jordan drains into the Dead Sea across a broad, gently sloping delta. In the upper Jordan river basin, upstream of the Sea of Galilee, the tributaries include: The lower Jordan River tributaries include: The riparian rights to the Jordan River
Dead Sea Works the Dead Sea by mining them directly, the company makes use of solar evaporation with 2-meter deep evaporation ponds. Dead Sea Works has been blamed by conservationists for polluting the environment and contributing to the Dead Sea's slow evaporation. Dead Sea Works The Dead Sea Works (, "Mif'alei Yam HaMelakh") is an Israeli potash plant in Sdom, on the Dead Sea coast of Israel. The company was established in 1930 by Moshe Novomeysky. It was known then as the Palestine Potash Company. From 1936, it was a profitable enterprise despite attempts by the German potash cartel to strangle the business