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.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judean Hills	5
Central Highlands of the West Bank	3
Judaean Mountains	1
Judean Highlands	1
Judean Hills region	1
Mountains of Jerusalem	1
central highlands of Canaan	1
central hill country of Canaan	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 (21)

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

Judean Mountains → alsoKnownAs → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Shfela (Judean lowlands) → borders → Judean Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Shfela

Mount Scopus → category → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountains of Jerusalem

Judean Desert → locatedEastOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Hills of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Mount of Remembrance → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Salfit → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Shechem → locatedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: central highlands of Canaan

Qalqilya → locatedInRegion → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Beit Jala → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judaean Mountains

Hebron → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Kingdom of Judah → locatedOn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Highlands

Jerusalem Forest → offersViewOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Hills of Jerusalem → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills

Hinnom Valley → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills region

Jerusalem → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Mount Scopus → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

al-Bireh → partOf → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank

Jerusalem stone → quarriedIn → Judean Mountains ⓘ

Gibeah → region → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: central hill country of Canaan

Palestine Railways → servedRegion → Judean Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judean Hills