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GALILEE
of Galilee : a great marsh which dries up in summer covers
a considerable extent of its eastern part and sometimes
becomes a lagoon, there being no outlet on this side ; the
western portion consists of rich basaltic loamy soil, extremely
fertile and cultivated mostly with wheat, maize, millet, and
lentils.
The Plain of Tor"an, 700 ft. above sea-level, is about 5 miles
in length, but seldom exceeds 1 mile in width. On account of
its fertility it is sometimes called ‘ the golden plain
The Plain of Rameh separates in part the hills of Lower
Galilee from the mountains of Upper Galilee (see p. 517). The
further separation is defined by a succession of wadis which
connect the plain with that of ‘Akka on the W. and with the
Jordan Valley on the E., and which form with the plain
a continuous passage for the high road between ‘Akka, Safed,
Lake Tiberias, and Damascus. The plain which drains partly
into the Mediterranean and partly into Lake Tiberias is 6-7
miles in length and generally about a mile broad, with an
extreme altitude of 1,200 ft. It is very fertile and was at one
time full of fine old olive trees ; the district round is in fact
specially noted for the cultivation of olives.
El-Ghuweir, or the plain of Gennesaret, forming, strictly
speaking, a part of the Gh5r rather than of Galilee, extends
for 3 miles along the western shore of Lake Tiberias, between
a rocky promontory and the hill of ‘Oreimeh, near the
fishing village of Tabghah on the N. and the lofty cliffs of
W. el-Hamam on the S. It recedes in a gradual curve from
the shore at both ends until it becomes a mile and a half in
breadth. It is crossed by wadis ‘Amud, Rabadiyeh, and
Hamam, and is watered by the streams of these, of which
that of Rabadiyeh is much the largest ; there is also a stream
from ‘Ain Madawwereh, a strong spring of clear water which
rises in the plain between the two latter wadis. The banks
of all these brooks are fringed with a profusion of oleanders
and lotus trees. El-Ghuweir is an alluvial plain, a kind of
delta, formed by the united deposits of the streams of the
wadis which open into it and bring down an enormous amount