Sea of Galilee

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freshwater lake geographical feature lake tourist attraction

The Sea of Galilee is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Israel, historically and religiously significant in Judaism and Christianity and a key site in the New Testament.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Sea of Galilee canonical 53
Lake Kinneret 4
Lake of Gennesaret 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
lake ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Kinneret

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lake Kinneret

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lake Tiberias

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lake of Gennesaret

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Sea of Tiberias
area about 166 square kilometers ⓘ
about 64 square miles ⓘ
associatedWith Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus
associatedWithEvent Jesus walking on water ⓘ
calling of the first disciples ⓘ
calming of the storm ⓘ
miraculous catch of fish ⓘ
basinCountry Israel ⓘ
borderedBy Golan Heights ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lower Galilee
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
distanceFromMediterranean about 27 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
elevation about -210 meters ⓘ
about -690 feet ⓘ
governedBy Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
hasType natural lake ⓘ
inflow Jordan River ⓘ
isLowest lowest freshwater lake on Earth ⓘ
locatedIn Galilee ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: northeastern Israel
maximumDepth about 141 feet ⓘ
about 43 meters ⓘ
mentionedIn Gospels ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
nameOrigin Hebrew word "Kinneret" ⓘ
nearbyCity Bethsaida ⓘ
Capernaum ⓘ
Magdala ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
outflow Jordan River ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley
religionSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiberias → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tiberias → locatedOnWaterbody → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Kinneret
Safed → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee → mainSubject → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee → locationOfNarrative → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Galilee → hasPart → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Galilee → hasPart → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinneret Valley
Galilee → waterBody → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret)
Sea of Galilee → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinneret
Sea of Galilee → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Kinneret
Sea of Galilee → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Tiberias
Sea of Galilee → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake of Gennesaret
Tomb of Maimonides → near → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → overlooks → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → hasView → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee and surrounding hills
Northern District, Israel → containsLake → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Northern District, Israel → containsLake → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Kinneret
Tverya → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tverya → locatedOnWaterbody → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Holy Land → contains → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Jordan River → flowsThrough → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Golan Heights → near → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Capernaum → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Meron mountain range → overlooks → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee (distant views)
Zebedee → associatedWith → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Nabi Shuayb shrine → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → contains → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → sea → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → overlooks → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → hasViewOf → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee shoreline
Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → nearBodyOfWater → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Kinneret
Mount Arbel → overlooks → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Magdala → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Mount Berenice → overlooks → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Mount Berenice → hasPanoramicView → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee basin
Mount Berenice → near → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: shore of the Sea of Galilee
Palestine → hasImportantLake → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → associatedWithCity → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
this entity surface form: Chinnereth
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → associatedWithSea → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Jordan–Israel border → nearbyWaterBody → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee region (upper Jordan River area)
Hula Valley → northOf → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine → containsLake → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Julias → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Julias → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Gennesaret
et-Tell → locatedNear → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
el-Araj → near → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Gaulanitis → locatedEastOf → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Jesus’ Galilean ministry → hasRegion → Sea of Galilee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Galilee area