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Highway 90 is the longest Israeli road, at about 480 kilometres (300 mi), and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon, along the western side of the Sea of Galilee, through the Jordan Valley, along the Dead Sea's western bank (making it the world's lowest road), through the Arava Valley, and until Eilat and the southern border with Egypt on the Red Sea.
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Map of the Safi-Aqaba Highway and nearby locations. The Safi-Aqaba Highway is a highway on the Jordan side of the Jordan–Israel border. Totaling 187 kilometres (116 mi) in length, it connects Safi, on the south end of the Dead Sea, with Aqaba, on the north end of the Red Sea. RSEA started the project in 1974 and finished it in 1977.
The Dead Sea is a salt lake is bordered by Jordan to the east and Palestine's Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west. [5] [6] It is an endorheic lake, meaning there are no outlet streams. The Dead Sea lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, a geographic feature formed by the Dead Sea Transform (DST).
The Dead Sea is 1,020 square kilometers (394 sq mi) in size and, at 420 meters (1,378 ft) below sea level, is the lowest surface point on the earth. [19] South of the Dead Sea, the Rift Valley continues in the Arabah (Hebrew "Arava", Arabic "Wadi 'Arabah"), which has no permanent water flow, for 170 kilometers (106 mi) to the Gulf of Eilat .
The following notable lakes are located completely or partially within the borders of the State of Israel: Sea of Galilee; Hula Valley; Dead Sea* Rishon LeZion lake; Dalton lake; Qaraoun lake; Zohar lake; Agam lake; Ayanot lake; Darom lake; Yesodot lake; Netser Hazani lake; Mahoz marsh *Note: the Dead Sea is known more as the third Israeli sea ...
List of beaches along the West Bank shore of the Dead Sea. The beaches listed here are operated by Israeli owners, with mixed staff and open access. Biankini Besiesta Beach – near Kalya, West Bank [1] [2] [3] (New) Kalia Beach – near Kalya, West Bank [4] [5] Neve Midbar beach – near Kalya, West Bank [6] [7] [8]
The "Lot's Wife" pillar on Mount Sodom, Israel, made of halite Salt cave in Mount Sodom Bedded halite at Mount Sodom. Mount Sodom (Hebrew: הר סדום, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve. [1]