Editing Galilee (section)

==Borders and geography==
[[File:Lemon Orchard in the Galilee by David Shankbone.jpg|250px|thumb|An [[orchard]] in [[Upper Galilee]]]]
The borders of Galilee, split into [[Upper Galilee]] and [[Lower Galilee]], were described by [[Josephus]] in his ''[[The Jewish War]]'':<ref name=Zange>{{cite book|author1=Jürgen Zangenberg|author2=Harold W. Attridge|author3=Dale B. Martin|title=Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_N56Rnsm1DUC&pg=PA84|year=2007|publisher=Mohr Siebeck|isbn=978-3-16-149044-6|pages=84–}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Now [[Phoenicia]] and [[Syria (region)|Syria]] encompass about the Galilees, which are two, and called the Upper Galilee and the Lower. They are bounded toward the sun-setting, with the borders of the territory belonging to [[Ptolemais in Phoenicia|Ptolemais]], and by [[Mount Carmel|Carmel]]; which mountain had formerly belonged to the Galileans, but now belonged to the Tyrians; to which mountain adjoins [[Jaba', Haifa|Gaba]], which is called the City of Horsemen, because those horsemen that were dismissed by Herod the king dwelt therein; they are bounded on the south with [[Samaria]] and [[Beit She'an|Scythopolis]], as far as the [[river Jordan]]; on the east with [[Hippos (Golan Heights)|Hippeae]] and [[Gadara|Gadaris]], and also with Ganlonitis, and the borders of the kingdom of Agrippa; its northern parts are bounded by Tyre, and the country of the Tyrians. As for that Galilee which is called the Lower, it extends in length from [[Tiberias]] to [[Cabul|Zabulon]], and of the maritime places Ptolemais is its neighbor; its breadth is from the village called [[Xaloth]], which lies in the great plain, as far as [[Bersabe]], from which beginning also is taken the breadth of the Upper Galilee, as far as the [[Beqaa Valley|village Baca]], which divides the land of the Tyrians from it; its length is also from [[Marus, Safad|Meloth]] to [[Thella]], a village near to Jordan.<ref>Josephus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-eng1:3.35 J. BJ 3.35]</ref>}}
[[File:Rainbow Cave Israel.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Keshet Cave]] (Rainbow Cave or Cave of the Arch), a [[natural arch]] on the ridge north of [[Nahal Betzet]], Galilee]]
Most of Galilee consists of rocky terrain, at heights of between 500 and 700&nbsp;m. Several high mountains are in the region, including [[Mount Tabor]] and [[Mount Meron]], which have relatively low temperatures and high rainfall. As a result of this climate, [[flora]] and [[fauna]] thrive in the region. At the same time, many birds annually migrate from colder climates to Africa and back through the [[Hula Valley|Hula]]–Jordan corridor. The streams and waterfalls, the latter mainly in Upper Galilee, along with vast fields of greenery and colourful wildflowers, as well as numerous towns of [[biblical]] importance, make the region a popular [[Tourism in Israel|tourist destination]].

Due to its high rainfall {{convert|900|–|1200|mm|in}}, mild temperatures and high mountains (Mount Meron's elevation is 1,000–1,208&nbsp;m), the upper Galilee region contains some distinctive flora and fauna: prickly juniper (''[[Juniperus oxycedrus]]''), Lebanese cedar (''[[Cedrus libani]]''), which grows in a small grove on Mount Meron, [[cyclamen]]s, [[Peony|paeonias]], and ''[[Rhododendron ponticum]]'' which sometimes appears on Meron.

Western Galilee ({{langx|he|גליל מערבי|Galil Ma'aravi}}) is a modern term referring to the western part of the Upper Galilee and its shore, and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower Galilee, mostly overlapping with Acre sub-district. [[Galilee Panhandle]] is a common term referring to the "panhandle" in the east that extends to the north, where Lebanon is to the west, and includes [[Hula Valley]] and [[Naftali Mountains|Ramot Naftali mountains]] of the Upper Galilee.