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474 SAMARIA (INCLUDING CARMEL)
(1,699 ft.), in the Belad er-Ruhah; and Qamu‘at ed-Durziyeh
(1,808 ft.), the highest summit of the Carmel ridge.
From the elevated lands forming the highlands of Samaria,
emerge valleys leading down west, by long easy gradients,
to the Plain of Sharon and east, by shorter deeper and more
abrupt courses, to the Jordan.
On the western slope, the broad W. Nablus is the principal
and most well-marked of these valleys ; others are W. Selhab,
W. et-Tin, and W. Qanah. For further details of the western
slope, see Coastal streams, pp. 478 ff.; and for details of the
principal wadis of the Carmel Ridge, see p. 501.
On the eastern side, the principal wadis, many of which
carry permanent streams, are W. el-Hamra, W. Shubash,
W. el-Khashneh, W. el-Malih, W. el-Buqei‘, W. Far‘ah, and
W. el-Humr. Of these W. el-Malih and W. Far‘ah alone
call for special mention. The former with its two main
branches W. el-Hirreh and W. edh-Dhuba‘ has its head in
that section of the watershed which lies around Ras
el-Aqra‘. The wadi takes its name from a copious saline
spring, ‘Ain el-Malih, and it forms an important line of
approach to Beisan from Nablus. W. Far‘ah, carrying the
trunk road from Nablus to Salt and the Belqa is by
far the most important affluent valley of the Jordan in
this district. It carries a strong perennial stream which
derives its waters from a number of springs, the chief of
which is ‘Ain el-Far‘ah, south of Tubas. The head of the
basin of this wadi is a semi-circle of hills running from Tubas
to J. et-T5r and, after a south-easterly course of about 30
miles, the wadi leads into the Jordan under the name of W. el-
Jdzeleh. The only tributary of the Far‘ah of importance is
W. Bilan or Bidan, a deep and narrow chasm joining from
the south and bringing its quota of water to the main stream.
Some distance below the junction, the main stream flows
through a basin of meadow-like land where it is bordered,
as well as in spots lower down, by a dense growth of oleanders ;
then follows a section in which it descends among precipitous