Editing Geography of Israel (section)

==Rivers and lakes==
{{main|List of rivers of Israel|List of lakes of Israel}}
[[File:Water_Stress,_Top_Countries_(2020).svg|thumb|Israel is the sixteenth most water stressed country in the world.]]
Israel's longest and most famous river is the {{convert|320|km|mi|0|adj=on}} long [[Jordan River|River Jordan]], which rises on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon in the [[Anti-Lebanon Mountains]].<ref name="jordan">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577321/Jordan_(river).html |title=River Jordan |access-date=9 September 2010 |encyclopedia=Encarta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515220915/http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577321/Jordan_(river).html |archive-date=15 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The river flows south through the freshwater [[Sea of Galilee]], and from there forms the boundary with the [[Kingdom of Jordan]] for much of its route, eventually emptying into the [[Dead Sea]].<ref name="jordan" /> The northern tributaries to the Jordan are the [[Dan River (Israel)|Dan]], [[Banias River|Banias]], and [[Hasbani river|Hasbani]].<ref name="jordan" /> Only the Dan is within undisputed Israel; the Hasbani flows from [[Lebanon]] and the Banias from territory captured from Syria in the [[Six-Day War]].<ref name="jordan" />

[[File:TiberiasNorthward.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Kinneret]]
The Sea of Galilee (also called the Kinneret) is Israel's largest and most important [[freshwater]] lake, located in the northeast of the country. The pear-shaped lake is {{convert|23|km|mi|0}} long from north to south, with a maximum width of {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} in the north, covering {{convert|166|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us}}. The Kinneret lies {{convert|207|m|ft|0|sp=us}} below sea level and reaches depths of {{convert|46|m|ft|0|sp=us}}. In a previous geological [[Series (stratigraphy)|epoch]] the lake was part of a large inland sea which extended from the [[Hula]] marshes in northern Israel to {{convert|64|km|mi|0|sp=us}} south of the Dead Sea. The bed of the lake forms part of the [[Jordan Rift Valley]].<ref name="kinneret">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576645/Tiberias_Lake.html |title=Lake Tiberias |access-date=8 April 2008 |encyclopedia=Encarta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012193430/http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576645/Tiberias_Lake.html |archive-date=12 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

South of the Kinneret lies the [[Seawater|saltwater]] Dead Sea which forms the border between Israel and Jordan and is {{convert|418|m|ft|0|sp=us}} below sea level, making it the lowest water surface on Earth.<ref name="dead sea">{{cite web|url=http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556205/Dead_Sea.html |title=Dead Sea |access-date=8 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006212421/http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556205/Dead_Sea.html |archive-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Dead Sea is {{convert|67|km|mi|0|sp=us}} long with a maximum width of {{convert|16|km|mi|0|sp=us}} and also makes up part of the Rift Valley.<ref name="dead sea" /> A peninsula juts out into the lake from the eastern shore, south of which the lake is shallow, less than {{convert|6|m|ft|1|sp=us}} deep. To the north is the lake's greatest depth.<ref name="dead sea" />

There are no navigable, artificial waterways in Israel, although the [[National Water Carrier]], a conduit for drinking water, might be classified as such. The idea of a [[Dead Sea canal (disambiguation)|channel]] connecting the Mediterranean and Dead Seas or the Red and Dead Seas has been discussed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://american.edu/ted/deadsea.htm | title=Dead Sea Canal | access-date=8 April 2008 | archive-date=27 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327054931/http://www.american.edu/TED/deadsea.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>