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PHYSICAL FEATURES
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in. down-stream from W. el-Jidi, is the watercourse
followed by the westerly route from Salt to Jerash, via the
village of Birina ; it has two chief springs, ‘Ain Difla and ‘Ain
Fawwarah, and is perennial. About 6| m. farther down,
opposite Tulul ed-Dahab, is the perennial W. Abu er-Ruweis,
by the side of which a track goes up to Rajib : it falls
2,820 ft. in its short length of 2f miles, and the descent of
neighbouring wadis is proportionately steep.
Springs and Wells
‘Ajlun is in most parts rich in springs and brooks with
good drinking water. The exceptions are the east side of
the watershed, and the high plains or plateaux between
the wadis in the districts of Kurah and Wustiyeh, W. and
SW. of Irbid, where cisterns are chiefly employed. In the
south, as above noted, several perennial brooks descend the
steep northern bank of Zerqa from Me‘rad, increasing in length
and volume eastward to W. ed-Deir (Jerash), which has a good
stream; there are copious springs in and to N. of Jerash itself.
All the main wadis of J. ‘Ajlun have abundant water, mostly
sufficient for irrigation ; the five principal villages, Rajib,
Kefrinji, ‘Ajlun, ‘Ain Janna, and Suf, have abundance from
springs and streams. In El-Kurah the slope towards ’the
Ghdr alone has brooks of any length (see above, p. 580) ;
W. ‘Ain et-Tineh (Jirm el-Moz) at Fahil (Pella) has a
number of springs yielding unlimited supplies. In the
higher central region there are few springs or brooks other
than the short length of W. el-Hammam NW. of Tibneh,
fed by the springs ‘Ayun el-Hammam and ‘Ayun el-Jurn
(p. 587). In El-Wustiyeh perennial streams are again few' :
they include W. el-‘Arab, the lower W. Zahar and neighbouring
brooks, and W. Qusseib with a head stream running from the
village of Mendah. In the lower W. el-‘Arab, the circular
hill Tell Zar‘ah has a small pond on its top, in which a spring
rises. The two northern districts of Es-Siru and El-Kefarat
have plentiful water, streams descending on both sides of the
ridge on which Umm Keis stands. ‘Ain el-‘Asal, by the ruins of
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