'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎285v] (575/738)

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HAURAN AND JAULAN
broken heights among which is Tell el-Jeineh, alt. 6,080 ft.,
the highest peak of the mountain ; it is obscured from the
W. by the most prominent peak, Tell el Quleib, which has
an extinct crater on its southern side.
Between El-Leja and the northern base there is an arable
plain some 3 miles wide. The northern slopes of the mountain
are easy, the soil is rich, and the surface is diversified only by
little naked conical tells. Several lofty isolated peaks also
occur, among which are Tell esh-Shihan, Tell Shuhbeh, and
Tell ez-Zub standing about 1| mile apart. Tell Shuhbeh
is one of the projecting summits of Tell Abu Tumeis and
the ruins of Shuhbeh lie between the two heights. From the
northern slopes of Tell esh-Shaqqarah, alt. 5,390 ft., with
a crater, there rises W. Luwa which, under various names,
falls westward, then northward along the base of El-Leja
to the marsh Matkh Buraq. It falls rapidly and the bed of
the winter torrent is lined with oleanders and other shrubs.
The western slopes of J. ed-Druz are steep and are inter
sected by numerous wadis which resemble each other so much
when they reach the plain that it is difficult to ascertain with
accuracy the course of each one. Two wadis descend from
the neighbourhood of Qanawat. One of these, from the ravine
at Deir es-Sumeid, sweeps to the north after leaving the
mountain and follows the base of El-Leja under the name of
W. Qanawat, finally breaking south-westward to W. el-Ehreir.
The other takes a parallel course and joins the other wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
farther to the south. Both wadis are dry in summer. Close
N. of Suweida is the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. of that name, where several others
meet near where it is crossed by a well-built bridge ; there
are several mills near by. The region S. of Qanawat to
El-Kufr is abundantly supplied with springs, and the Druses
sell the water at high prices to the Moslem villagers in the plain.
On the southern extremity of the range there is an almost
isolated hill on which stands Salkhad, alt. 4,280 ft. North
ward of this, the ridge is broad with gently sloping sides and
gradually increases in elevation to the base of Tell el-Quleib,
and at intervals there are several high conical peaks. Down