The Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a salt lake),[3] at levels between 215 and 209 metres (705 and 686 ft) below sea level.[4] It is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, about 21 km (13 mi) long, and 13 km (8.1 mi) wide. Its area is 166.7 km2 (64.4 sq mi) at its fullest, and its maximum depth is approximately 43 metres (141 ft).[5] The lake is fed partly by underground springs, but its main source is the Jordan River, which flows through it from north to south and exits the lake at the Degania Dam.
^ abAaron T. Wolf, Hydropolitics along the Jordan River Archived 28 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations University Press, 1995
^ ab"Exact-me.org". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
^The 1996-discovered subglacial Lake Vostok challenges both records; it is estimated to be 200 m (660 ft) to 600 m (2,000 ft) below sea level.
^"Kinneret – General" (in Hebrew). Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd.
^Data Summary: Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
The SeaofGalilee (Hebrew: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater...
Christ in the Storm on the SeaofGalilee is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It is classified as a history...
north of Jenin and the Beth Shean Valley, the valley containing the SeaofGalilee, and the Hula Valley, although it usually does not include Haifa's immediate...
Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea...
a basaltic plateau bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the SeaofGalilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon with Mount Hermon in the...
History, places Bethsaida on the eastern side of the SeaofGalilee. The historian Josephus says that the town of Bethsaida (at that time called Julia), was...
Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the SeaofGalilee and on to the Dead Sea. Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east...
elevation of 1,208 meters above sea level. Safed is a main city in the region. Several historical definitions have expanded the Upper Galilee's boundaries...
and the northern end of the Red Sea Rift offshore of the southern tip of Sinai. It is here that the Upper Jordan River/SeaofGalilee/Lower Jordan River...
it is less mountainous than the Upper Galilee. The peaks of the Lower Galilee rise to 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level. The tallest peaks are Mount Kamon...
include: Seaof Tiberias (Lake Tiberias or The SeaofGalilee) Seaof Sodom (The Dead Sea) Seaof Helath (The Red Sea) Seaof Hiltha (Birkat Ram) Seaof Sibkay...
unrecovered painting in the world. Also missing is The Storm on the SeaofGalilee, Rembrandt's only seascape. Other paintings and sketches by Rembrandt...
contributed to a series of depressions, or pull-apart basins, forming the Gulf of Aqaba, Dead Sea, SeaofGalilee, and Hula basins. A component of shortening affects...
first four forming the Meshushim and Zaki Lagoons before reaching the SeaofGalilee. Meshushim River (Hebrew), Wadi el-Hawa/Fakhura/Zaki (Arabic) Katzrin...
known as the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the SeaofGalilee, between Capernaum and the archeological site of Gennesaret (Ginosar)...
The Sermon on the SeaofGalilee is a painting by the Flemish painter Jan Breughel the Elder. It was painted in 1597. Its current whereabouts are unknown...
eventually began to claim that the tomb of "Meir" by the SeaofGalilee was in fact that of Rabbi Meir the tanna of the Mishnah. In this view, pilgrims visit...
Christ at the SeaofGalilee is an oil painting by Jacopo Tintoretto. The painting depicts Jesus Christ raises a hand toward the apostles, who appear in...
Sepphoris, Cana (Kafr Kanna), the Horns of Hattin, Mount Arbel Cliffs, the SeaofGalilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, and the Mount of Beatitudes. An alternate return...
contender SeaofGalilee with Capernaum (the "city of Jesus"), Tabgha (traditional site of the feeding of the 5000 and the miraculous catch of fish), the...
with "Sea" in the name: Aral Sea, Dead Sea, Salton Sea Freshwater lakes with "Sea" in the name: SeaofGalilee Bodies of water identified in lakes (bays...
the grass, after cutting off the Crusaders' access to water in the SeaofGalilee. Saladin built a "victory dome," Qubbat al-Nasr, on the hill.[citation...
he returns to Galilee, and preaches in the synagogue of Capernaum. The first disciples of Jesus encounter him near the SeaofGalilee and his later Galilean...
the region from north to south, and containing the SeaofGalilee, the Jordan River and the Dead Sea – the lowest point on the Earth's land surface. The...
Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark report the call of the first disciples by the SeaofGalilee: As Jesus was walking beside the SeaofGalilee, he...
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