Jezreel Valley

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Jezreel Valley is a large, fertile plain in northern Israel known for its rich agriculture and strategic historical significance as a crossroads of ancient trade and military routes.

Observed surface forms (6)


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
valley
agriculturalProducts cotton
sunflowers
wheat
alsoKnownAs Jezreel Valley
surface form: Plain of Esdraelon

Jezreel Valley
surface form: Valley of Jezreel
archaeologicalSignificance proximity to major tells such as Megiddo
biblicalSignificance site of multiple Old Testament narratives
borderedBy Gilboa range to the southeast
Mount Carmel range to the west
Nazareth hills to the north
climate Mediterranean climate
contains Jezreel Valley Regional Council
country Israel
crossedBy Kishon River
drainageBasin Mediterranean Sea
economicActivity agriculture
food processing
elevation lowland plain
historicalRegion Ancient Israel
Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel
knownFor ancient trade routes
historic battles
rich agriculture
strategic location
locatedIn Galilee
surface form: Northern Israel
locatedInAdministrative Northern District, Israel
namedAfter ancient city of Jezreel
near Afula
Gilboa Mountains
Megiddo
Mount Carmel
Nazareth
Megiddo
surface form: Tel Megiddo
partOf Galilee
surface form: Galilee region

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context)
surface form: Great Rift Valley system (broad regionally associated)

Galilee
surface form: Lower Galilee
religiousSignificance important in Christian tradition
important in Jewish tradition
strategicImportance crossroads of north–south and east–west routes
historic military corridor
terrainType fertile plain
timePeriodInhabited since antiquity
transportRole major road junctions in northern Israel
usedFor dairy farming
field crops
orchards
vegetable farming

Referenced by (16)

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Carmel Range adjacentTo Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley alsoKnownAs Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Valley of Jezreel
Jezreel Valley alsoKnownAs Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Plain of Esdraelon
Issachar associatedTribeTerritory Jezreel Valley
Ahinoam of Jezreel associatedWith Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Jezreel
Galilee borders Jezreel Valley
Mount Carmel borders Jezreel Valley
Mount Carmel borders Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Zebulun Valley
Nazareth Illit (Nof HaGalil) hasViewOf Jezreel Valley
subject surface form: Nazareth Illit
Megiddo locatedIn Jezreel Valley
Jenin locatedSouthOf Jezreel Valley
Mount Tabor overlooks Jezreel Valley
Yokneam Illit region Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Jezreel Valley area
Ahinoam of Jezreel residence Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Jezreel
Palestine Railways servedRegion Jezreel Valley
this entity surface form: Coastal Plain of Palestine