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be called the Jermaq Range from its culminating point. To
the NE. of this range lies the great bulk of the central
plateau to which belong the volcanic plateaux of Jish and
‘Alma as well as the more westerly fertile plains of Meirun
and Yarun, forming fine tracts of cultivated land with plenty
of pasture, woodlands, and orchards. The plateau to the *
south-west of the Jermaq Range consists of the two main
upper valleys of W. el-Qarn between which lies El-Buqei‘,
here a well-cultivated plain. The chain of heights forming the
second main interior ridge runs from J. el-Ghabiyeh in the
eastern range to Kh. el-Yadhun in the western range. It
rises above 3,000 ft. at J. Meirun, and divides wadis Hindaj
and ‘Ezzlyeh from those of Seluqiyeh and Hubeishiyeh and may
be called the Meirun Ridge. A third but shorter ridge runs off
<NE. from Kh. el-Yadhun to Tibnin, W. el-Ma’, and beyond.
Wadi Systems.
The wadis of Galilee may be classified as follows : (a) those
of the western slope falling into the Mediterranean Sea ;
(b) of the eastern slope into the Jordan valley ; (c) those
which lead north into the Qasimiyeh. The watershed of
the district as a whole is intricate and not easy to trace, but,
broadly speaking, the main water-parting may be outlined
as running (from S. to N.), through Zer‘m, ‘Afuleh, Iksal
(on the western portion of the Nazareth Range), ‘Ain Mahil,
Shejereh, Lubiyeh, J. Nimrin, Shaghur Range, J. el-‘Arus,
J. el-Jermaq, Yarun, and then in a very sinuous line along the
central plateau to the west of W. Seluqiyeh.
{a) Wadi-basins of the western slope. The Muqatta‘ basin
receives the drainage of that part of the watershed of Galilee
between Zer‘In and Ras Hazweh (N. of the Buttauf plain),
and on the north is contiguous with the Na‘mein basin. On
the south it is contiguous with the Mefjir, Zerqa, and Dufleh
basins of Samaria (see pp. 479 ff.), and here the watershed
follows the crests of J. Fuqu‘, Belad er-Ruhah and Carmel.
The basin embraces the whole of the plain of Esdraelon and
the southern part of the plain of ‘Akka. The main branch of