
Because Dead Sea water is so dense, it exerts a much larger buoyant force, allowing people to float effortlessly on the surface. However, that same buoyancy makes swimming awkward, since your body floats too high for your hands and feet to push effectively against the water. On the biological side, the high salinity creates osmotic pressure that most living organisms cannot withstand, which is why fish and plants cannot survive there... hence the name “Dead” Sea.
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