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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
rift valley
tectonic depression
borderBetween Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Israel and Jordan

Jordan and West Bank
climate hot summers
mild winters
contains Wadi Araba
surface form: Arava Valley

Dead Sea
Ghor
Hula Valley
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
country Israel
Jordan
Palestinian territories
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 region
surface form: Levant

Middle East
lowestPoint Dead Sea shoreline
partOf Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context)
surface form: Great Rift Valley
passesNear Aqaba
Eilat
Jericho
Tiberias
region Arava
Dead Sea
surface form: Dead Sea region

Hula Valley
Jordan River
surface form: Jordan Valley
river Jordan River
sea Dead Sea
Sea of Galilee

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Dead Sea shore locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
Galilee borders Jordan Rift Valley
Sea of Galilee locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
Dead Sea locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
Jordan River locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley
Moab Mountains partOf Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Jordan Rift Valley margins
Wadi Araba partOf Jordan Rift Valley
Wadi Araba partOf Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley
Hula Valley partOf Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley
Yarden flowsThrough Jordan Rift Valley
subject surface form: Jordan River
Beit She'an locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) contains Jordan Rift Valley
subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Gaulanitis near Jordan Rift Valley
Ghor locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley
Ghor partOf Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Jordan Rift Valley system
Dead Sea Transform fault associatedFeature Jordan Rift Valley
modern town of Rosh Pinna hasNearbyNaturalFeature Jordan Rift Valley
subject surface form: Rosh Pinna
Mukawir overlooks Jordan Rift Valley
Transjordanian highlands separatedFrom Jordan Rift Valley
Karak Governorate hasFeature Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Jordan Rift Valley area
Wadi Jerash partOf Jordan Rift Valley
this entity surface form: Jordan Rift Valley drainage system