Articles for tag: Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Sodium Chloride

Karla News

The Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake

While surfing the internet today, I came across a website announcing the ‘living’ Dead Sea. If the sea is called dead, how is it living? It’s called the Dead Sea because nothing lives in it. It’s said that the Dead Sea (“Yam Hamelakh — “The Salt Sea”) is the only place on the globe where ...

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Greatest Snow on Earth: Why Utah Claims the Title

Since Mitt Romney became the GOP Presidential Nominee, if you didn’t already know that Salt Lake City, Utah hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, you do now. Only knowing that fact and nothing else about Utah’s climate, it is pretty reasonable to conclude that Utah receives a high amount of precipitation each year. How else did ...

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Utah: Fun Facts and Trivia

Think Utah, and you’ll probably picture either the Great Salt Lake or a ski slope. In reality, the state of Utah is much, much more. The name “Utah” comes from the Native American Ute tribe and means “people of the mountains,” according to 50states.com. People are often surprised to discover that the owner of around ...

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Best Sleigh Rides in Utah

The best sleigh rides in Utah are an excellent reminder that there is lots more to check out in Utah than just the Great Salt Lake. More and more winter vacationers are opting to stray beyond their traditional vacation routes to Colorado or Wyoming and venture into the lesser known areas like Utah. These best ...