Nonfiction

The Salty Dead Sea

Have you ever been to the ocean? The water in the ocean is salty. But there’s a place where the water is even saltier than the ocean. It’s called the Dead Sea!

The Dead Sea is a lake. It is called the Dead Sea because very few animals can live in it. It has too much salt!

A lot of people visit the Dead Sea. The mud in the Dead Sea is good for people’s skin. People want to float in the salty water. People can float more easily in salt water than fresh water. So it is very easy to float in the Dead Sea!