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PHYSICAL FEATURES
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in parts, is cultivated with barley and vegetables ; along
W. el-Halzun it is as much as 8 miles wide. The northern
continuation of the plain from ‘Akka to Ras en-Naqurah,
a length of 12 miles, is about 4 miles wide and is intersected
by Wadis Kerkereh, Mefshukh, and Qarn. The whole of this
section is fertile and well-watered, and has extensive gardens
and orchards producing a variety of vegetables and fruits ;
but its general aspect is that of a rich but neglected region
where game of every kind abounds.
The Plain of Tyre extends for some 13 miles along the coast
from Ras el-Abyadh to the River Qasimiyeh and beyond ; it is
generally about a mile broad, this width being exceeded only
opposite the town of Tyre. It is traversed by the two main
wadis of ‘Ezzlyeh and Hubeishiyeh. The plain is described
by one writer as ‘ not very fertile, or its cultivation is limited ’ ;
an Austrian Consular Report says that ‘ it is very fertile
Here and there are large gardens for vegetables and fruits,
besides patches of barley. The plain of ‘Akka is separated
from that of Tyre for a distance of 6 miles by a spur from the
mountains of Upper Galilee which extends westward quite
to the sea and ends in lofty white cliffs.
The Sahel el-'Arrdbeh is a small plain which occupies the
south-eastern continuation of the basin of N. Na‘mein. It is
3-4 miles in length and gradually expands to a width of
2 miles ; its altitude above the sea probably does not exceed
700 ft.
The Sahel el-Buttauf, due E. of the southern part of the
plain of ‘Akka, is separated from it by the hills of Shefa ‘Amr
and lies between the steep ridges of the Shaghur and T5‘ran
Ranges. This plain, together with the smaller one of T5r‘an
—which lies at a higher elevation about one mile distant on
the south—occupies the north-eastern recess of the Muqatta‘
basin ; both plains are drained by wadis which are connected
with the N. Muqatta‘ by wadis Khalladlyeh and Malik.
The plain of Buttauf measures 9 miles by 2 miles ; its
altitude is 500-700 ft. above the sea, and it is surrounded by
hills which rise to 1,700 ft It is one of the most fertile tracts