HOLY LAND Israel & Palestine Geography #1 of 2
The Whole of the Land What do you see? What do you notice?
Where is? Golan Heights Sea of Galilee Galilee Judaean Mountains (Lake Kinneret/Gennesaret or Lake Tiberias) Galilee Judaean Mountains Jordan Valley Dead Sea Coastal Plain Negev Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea)
Golan Heights Sea of Galilee Mediterranean Sea Galilee (Levantine Sea) Judaean Mountains Jordan Valley Coastal Plain Dead Sea Negev
Elevation in meters
Dead Sea Depression The lowest point on Earth this elevation is constantly changing. The surface of the Dead Sea rises and falls as precipitation, evaporation, irrigation, salt production and other natural and human activities consume the water of the Jordan River, the Dead Sea and its tributaries. Elevation: 413 meters below sea level (approximate and fluctuating) Dead Sea Depression
Which is which? Israel and the West Bank (Palestine) the Gaza Strip the Golan Heights Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt
Lebanon Syria Golan Heights West Bank Israel Gaza Strip Jordan Egypt