Editing Geography of Israel (section)

===Jordan Rift Valley===
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[[File:Yarden 0182.JPG|thumb|Jordan Rift Valley]]
East of the central highlands lies the [[Jordan Rift Valley]], which is a small part of the {{convert|6500|km|mi|0|sp=us}}-long [[Syrian-East African Rift]].<ref name="topog" /> In Israel the Rift Valley is dominated by the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee (an important freshwater source also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Kinneret), and the [[Dead Sea]].<ref name="topog" /> The [[Jordan River|Jordan]], Israel's largest river ({{convert|322|km|mi|0|sp=us}}), originates in the [[Dan River (Israel)|Dan]], [[Baniyas]], and [[Hasbani]] rivers near [[Hermon|Mount Hermon]] in the [[Anti-Lebanon|Anti-Lebanon Mountains]] and flows south through the drained [[Hulah Valley|Hula Basin]] into the [[freshwater]] Lake Tiberias. Lake Tiberias is {{convert|165|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us}} in size and, depending on the season and rainfall, is at about {{convert|213|m|ft|0|sp=us}} below sea level.<ref name="topog" /> With a water capacity estimated at {{convert|3|km3|cumi|2|sp=us}}, it serves as the principal reservoir of the [[National Water Carrier]] (also known as the Kinneret-Negev Conduit).<ref name="topog" /> The Jordan River continues its course from the southern end of Lake Tiberias (forming the boundary between the West Bank and Jordan) to its terminus in the highly saline [[Dead Sea]].<ref name="topog" /> The Dead Sea is {{convert|1020|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us}} in size and, at {{convert|420|m|ft|0|sp=us}} below sea level, is the lowest surface point on the earth.<ref name="topog" /> South of the Dead Sea, the Rift Valley continues in the [[Arabah]] (Hebrew "Arava", Arabic "Wadi 'Arabah"), which has no permanent water flow, for {{convert|170|km|mi|0|sp=us}} to the [[Gulf of Eilat]].<ref name="topog" />