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The Dead Sea, seen here in this updated Timelapse, straddles the border between Israel and Jordan. Its surface area has dropped from 410 square miles in 1930 to 234 square miles today (1,050-605 square km), causing it to split into two basins in 1979. Since then, its southern basin has been partitioned into a series of saltwater evaporation ponds. The shrinkage is driven primarily by the diversion of water from the Jordan River - the Dead Sea’s main source - for agriculture and domestic use, com