Judea

... A series of limestone hills with elevations of 500 to 1000 meters run north to south through the center of the country like a spine. The southern half of the spine is called the Judea Mountains (al-Khalīl Jibāl), and the northern half is called the Samaria Mountains (Jibāl Nābulus). The western foot of this mountain range forms a narrow belt-like plain that stretches to the Mediterranean Sea, while the eastern side drops deeply toward the Jordan Rift Valley (the shore of the Dead Sea is about -400 meters above sea level), which runs parallel to the mountains. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　あたかも背骨のように中央を南北に貫く形で，標高500～1000m級の石灰岩質の丘陵が連なっている。背骨の南半はユデアJudea山地(ハリール山地al‐Khalīl Jibāl)，北半はサマリア山地(ナーブルス山地Jibāl Nābulus)と呼ばれる。これら一連の山地の西側の裾は地中海にかけて幅の狭い帯状の平野をなし，東側は山地と平行するヨルダン地溝帯(死海湖岸は標高約－400m)に向かって深く落ち込んでいる。…

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