Judean Mountains

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geographical region mountain range

The Judean Mountains are a rugged range of hills in Israel and the West Bank that form the historical and geographical heartland of ancient Judea, encompassing cities such as Jerusalem.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Judean Mountains canonical	18
Judean Hills	17
Central Highlands of the West Bank	3
Judean hill country	3
Jerusalem hills	1
Jerusalem mountains	1
Judaean Mountains	1
Judean Highlands	1
Judean Hills region	1
Judean highlands	1
Judean hills	1
Mountains of Jerusalem	1
Mountains of the West Bank	1
West Bank hills	1
central highlands of Canaan	1
central hill country of Canaan	1
hill country of Judah	1
southern West Bank highlands	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hebrew: הרי יהודה ⓘ Judean Mountains ⓘ surface form: Judean Hills
borders	Coastal Plain of Israel to the west ⓘ Judean Desert to the east ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate on western slopes ⓘ semi-arid climate on eastern slopes ⓘ
contains	Beit Shemesh ⓘ Bethlehem ⓘ Gush Etzion ⓘ Hebron ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Judean Hills wine region ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
drainageTo	Dead Sea basin ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
elevationMax	around 1026 m ⓘ
elevationOfJerusalem	approximately 650–840 m ⓘ
extendsFrom	vicinity of Hebron ⓘ
extendsTo	vicinity of Ramallah ⓘ
feature	steep wadis ⓘ terraced hillsides ⓘ
forms	geographical heartland of Judea ⓘ historical heartland of Judea ⓘ
geology	dolomite ⓘ limestone ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Halhul ⓘ
highestPointLocatedNear	Halhul ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central in biblical narratives of ancient Israel ⓘ core region of the ancient Kingdom of Judah ⓘ important in Christian history ⓘ important in Islamic history ⓘ important in Jewish history ⓘ site of Second Temple period settlements ⓘ
locatedIn	Israel ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
partOf	Judea ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Southern Levant
passes	Highway 1 (Tel Aviv–Jerusalem) corridor ⓘ Highway 60 ⓘ surface form: Highway 60 corridor
proximityTo	Dead Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea coast ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean coastal plain
regionType	rugged hills ⓘ
usedFor	olive cultivation ⓘ pastoral grazing ⓘ viticulture ⓘ
vegetation	Mediterranean maquis ⓘ olive groves ⓘ pine forests ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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

Jerusalem → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Hinnom Valley → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills region

Hills of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Hills of Jerusalem → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Hebron → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Mount Scopus → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Mount Scopus → category → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountains of Jerusalem

Judean Mountains → alsoKnownAs → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Beit Jala → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judaean Mountains

Palestine Railways → servedRegion → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Judean Desert → locatedEastOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Shechem → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: central highlands of Canaan

Mount of Remembrance → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Gibeah → region → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: central hill country of Canaan

al-Bireh → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Qalqilya → locatedInRegion → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Salfit → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Kingdom of Judah → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Highlands

Jerusalem stone → quarriedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Jerusalem Forest → offersViewOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Shfela (Judean lowlands) → borders → Judean Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Shfela

Jerusalem District → includesPartOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Mount of Offence → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Mount of Evil Counsel → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem hills

Talpiot Hill → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Talpiot Hill → hasViewOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Har HaZeitim → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Bethany → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Jabal az-Zaytoun → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Mount of Temptation → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → contains → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean hill country

Mount Ebal → category → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountains of the West Bank

Bir el Qutt inscriptions → regionOfDiscovery → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Bar Kosiba → areaOfOperations → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean hill country

Billy Rose Art Garden → hasView → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Har HaTzofim → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem mountains

Har HaTzofim → range → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Judean Hills wine region → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Mount Halhul → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Halhul → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Halhul → region → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern West Bank highlands

Highway 1 (Tel Aviv–Jerusalem) corridor → terrainTraversed → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Al-Doha → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Bank hills

Beit Shemesh → near → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Shephelah → locatedBetween → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Shephelah → borderedBy → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Western Hill of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

central highlands of Samaria → northOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean highlands

Beth Shemesh → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: hill country of Judah