1. The =Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea=, which bounds the land on the west
(Josh. 1. 4; Exod. 23. 31; Deut. 11. 24).
2. The =River Jor'dan=, rising in three sources in Mount Her'mon, and
emptying into the Dead Sea in a direct line 105 miles long, but by its
windings over 200 miles (Deut. 9. 1; Josh. 4. 1; 2 Sam. 17. 22).
3. =Lake Me'rom=, now called _Hu'leh_, a triangular sheet of water, 3
miles across, in a swamp in northern Gal'i-lee (Josh. 11. 5).
4. The =Sea of Gal'i-lee=,[8] a pear-shaped lake, 14 miles long by 9
wide, and nearly 700 feet below the sea level. (Note other names in
Josh. 13. 27; 11. 2; Luke 5. 1; John 6. 1.)
5. The =Dead Sea=, 47 miles long by 10 wide, and 1,300 feet below the
sea level (Gen. 14. 3; Deut. 4. 49; Joel 2. 20).
IV. The land of Pal'es-tine lies in five =Natural Divisions=, nearly
parallel:
1. The =Maritime Plain=, or sandy flat, extending along the
Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea, from 8 to 20 miles wide.
2. The =Sheph'e-lah=, or foothills, from 300 to 500 feet high and very
fertile.
3. The =Mountain Region=, the backbone of the land, consisting of
mountains from 2,500 to 4,000 feet high.
4. The =Jor'dan Valley=, a deep ravine, the bed of the river and its
three lakes, from 500 to 1,200 feet below the level of the sea, and from
2 to 14 miles wide.
5. The =Eastern Table-land=, a region of lofty and precipitous
mountains, from whose summit a plain stretches away to the A-ra'bi-an
Desert on the east.