Israel

The Dead Sea's surface lies about 440 metres below sea level, the lowest land-based elevation on Earth. Its water is about 34 percent salt.
Makhtesh Ramon is about 40 kilometres long and up to 10 kilometres wide, with red and yellow clay hills. It is described as the world's largest erosion cirque, not an impact crater.
Tel Aviv's White City, listed by UNESCO in 2003, has over 4,000 International Style, or Bauhaus, buildings from the 1930s.
Coral Beach Nature Reserve in Eilat protects what is described as the northernmost shallow coral reef on Earth, which is popular with divers.
Eilat is an arid desert city on the Red Sea with about 360 sunny days a year. Its sea temperatures range from about 20 to 26 degrees Celsius.

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