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PHYSICAL FEATURES
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course W. el-Heri, runs to N. of the ridge which culminates
eastward in the commanding hill El-Maslubiyeh ; it enters
the Dead Sea just N. of ‘Ain Suweimeh, the bed being here
about 300 yds. broad, with steep banks difficult to cross.
South of El-Maslubiyeh ridge is W. ‘Anazeh or W. Meshabbeh,
also called, in its upper course, W. ‘Ayun edh-Dhib, which
reaches the sea about 7 m. N. of W. Zerqa Ma‘In. Rising
NW. of Ma‘in, it is not at first perennial, but is described
as having permanent water for two or three miles below the
spring ‘Ain edh-Dhib ; this wadi is also styled W. Ghuweir
by some authorities in its lower course. Between this point
and the mouth of W. Zerqa Ma‘in are several small wadis
the names of which do not appear to be finally determined.
South of W. Zerqa, descending the slopes of El-Jibal, are
other lesser wadis ; they include Seil Saqarah and Seil ‘Atun,
which bound the small maritime plain of Ez-Zara (see p.615 ),
and Seil edh-Dhabiyeh, the last of any consequence before
W. Mojib.
A few miles south of W. Mdjib, Seil esh-Sheqeiq, brings down
a strong brook from ‘Ain Merenayim, 4-5 miles away. The
upper branches of Seil el-Fawwar, W. el-Yaruth and Seil
el-Jubeibeh, rise NW. of Rabbeh, near Teidun; after their
junction at ‘Ain Jubeibeh, the now perennial stream is called
Seil el-Minqa‘ah, receiving the name El-Fawwar at the gorge
through which it enters Ghor el-Haditheh. The valley of the
next wadi, Seil el-Haditheh, lies beyond the ridge of J. el-
Mehajein. It is formed as W. Beni Hammad by the confluence,
below the plateau west of Dimneh, of three watercourses rising
further S. not far from Rabbeh : W. el-Baghl, W. el-Maqased
and Seil el-Megheisel, the two latter carrying brooks ; it is
perennial from the confluence to the sea. As Wadi Beni
Hammad, it flows in a deep bed with very high sides, a
narrow cultivated strip of land extending about 2 miles to
the junction of Seil el-‘Arabi on the 1. bank. Lower down,
on the S. side, is a hot spring, Umm Qal ah, possibly still
choked, as it was in 1898. The brook is now broader and,
some 3 m. from the junction of Seil el-‘Arabi, a better hot