Jordan Rift Valley

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The Jordan Rift Valley is a major geological depression in the Middle East forming part of the Great Rift Valley, characterized by its below-sea-level basin that includes the Dead Sea and the Jordan River.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
rift valley
tectonic depression
borderBetween Israel and Jordan
Jordan and West Bank
climate hot summers
mild winters
contains Arava Valley
Dead Sea
Ghor
Hula Valley
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
country Israel
Jordan
Palestine
elevation below sea level
extendsFrom Hula Valley
extendsTo Gulf of Aqaba
feature agricultural areas along the Jordan River
arid climate
basin topography
steep escarpments
formedBy Dead Sea Transform fault
tectonic activity
geologicalFeature transform fault system
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
mineral extraction from Dead Sea
tourism
hydrologicalBasin Jordan River basin
knownFor being one of the lowest land depressions on Earth
significant seismic activity
unique hypersaline environment of the Dead Sea
locatedIn Levant
Middle East
lowestPoint Dead Sea shoreline
partOf Great Rift Valley
passesNear Aqaba
Eilat
Jericho
Tiberias
region Arava
Dead Sea region
Hula Valley
Jordan Valley
river Jordan River
sea Dead Sea
Sea of Galilee

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dead Sea
Dead Sea shore
Jordan River ("Great Rift Valley")
Sea of Galilee
locatedIn
Galilee
borders
Moab Mountains ("Jordan Rift Valley margins")
partOf

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