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524
GALILEE
and Lake Tiberias, in which section the river falls from
43 ft. to 682 ft. below sea-level. It is to be noted that W.
et-Tawahin intersects this range west of Safed, but this inden
tation does not really interrupt the continuity of the general
elevation. The southern slope is long and deep, especially in
the east where the range falls down to W. ‘Amud ; the northern
slope towards the interior plateau is much shorter and more
shelving.
The Eastern Range. The mountain range outlined above is
continued almost at right angles along the eastern face of
the highland as far as the northern extremity of Galilee.
Striking away northward from J. Kan‘an its course is marked
by the altitudes of Delata (2,740 ft.), J. el-Ghabiyeh, Khirbet
el-Menareh (2,806 ft.), J. Hunin (2,951 ft.), and Nebi ‘Aweideh
(2,814 ft.), beyond which the ridge is prolonged along the
western side of the Merj ‘Ayun. The range is intersected
between Delata and J. el Ghabiyeh by the remarkable rocky
chasm of the upper reach of W. Hindaj and north of this wadi
it forms a secondary watershed of Upper Galilee. The main
water-parting (see below, p. 526) passes somewhat to the west
over J. el-Jermaq, and runs in a sinuous line west of W. Selu-
qiyeh, affluent of the River Qasimiyeh. The slope by which
the Eastern Range as a whole descends to the Upper Jordan
valley is rapid and somewhat precipitous, especially in the
section overlooking the Huleh plain. In its northern section
the western flank of the range falls deeply, first into W.
Seluqiyeh and then into W. ‘Aizaqaneh, the parallel affluent
of the Qasimiyeh. Along the length of the eastern chain
runs an important high road from Safed to Merj ‘Ayun,
through ‘Alma, Meis and Hunin.
The Western Range strikes away from the Southern Range
between the summits of Qarn Hennawi and Nebi Heidar. The
line of summits which marks its course northward is as follows
a short spur dominated by Kisra (2,520 ft.), Khirbet Jubb
Ruheij (2,320 ft.), Khirbet ed-Dabsheh (2,050 ft.) and Ma‘liya
(1,800 ft.). Just north of the last named, the range is inter
sected by the rocky gorge of Wadi el-Qarn, and 2 miles farther