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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sea of Galilee Sea of Galilee Show map of Israel Sea of Galilee Show map of Middle East Coordinates 32°50′N 35°35′E / 32.833°N 35.583°E / 32.833; 35.583 Lake type Monomictic Primary inflows Upper Jordan River and local runoff Primary outflows Lower Jordan River, evaporation ...
A map of the Galilee region. Galilee (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ l iː /; [1] Hebrew: הַגָּלִיל, romanized: hagGālīl; Latin: Galilaea; [2] Arabic: الجليل, romanized: al-Jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon consisting of two parts: the Upper Galilee (הגליל העליון, ha-Galil ha-Elyon; الجليل الأعلى, al-Jalīl al-Aʿlā) and the Lower ...
East of the central highlands lies the Jordan Rift Valley, which is a small part of the 6,500 kilometers (4,039 mi)-long Syrian-East African Rift. [19] In Israel the Rift Valley is dominated by the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee (an important freshwater source also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Kinneret), and the Dead Sea. [19]
Map of Roman Israel showing Gadara and Gerasa. Gergesa, also Gergasa (Γέργεσα in Byzantine greek) or the Country of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern (Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or Kursi.
South of the Sea of Galilee, the river is situated about 210 metres below sea level. The last 120-kilometre-long (75 mi) section follows what is commonly termed the "Jordan Valley", which has less gradient (the total drop is another 210 metres) so that the river meanders before entering the Dead Sea, a terminal lake about 422 metres below sea ...
The Golan Heights, [c] or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria.It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east.
Arab countries released a statement opposing President Donald Trump's idea of relocating 1.5 Palestinian refugees from demolished Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a salt lake), [3] at levels between 215 and 209 metres (705 and 686 ft) below sea level. [4] It is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13 mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide.