Lake_Tiberias_(Sea_of_Galilee),_Northern_Israel.jpg
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Description Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), Northern Israel.jpg |
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Israel
’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Tiberias, is also known as the Sea of Tiberias, Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret, and the Sea of Galilee. The lake measures just more than 21 kilometres north-south, and it is only 43 meters deep. The lake is fed partly by underground springs related to the
Jordan
sector of the
Great Rift Valley
, but most of its water comes from the Jordan River, which enters from the north. The river’s winding course can be seen draining the south end of the lake at image bottom. Angular green and brown field patterns clothe most hillsides in this arid landscape. Bright roof tops are the hallmark of several villages in the area. The largest grouping of bright roofs and city blocks indicates the location of Tiberias (named for the Roman Emperor Tiberius), visible at image left on the south-western shore of the lake.
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Source | NASA Earth Observatory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Author | This image was taken by the NASA Expedition 20 crew. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | Derivative works of this file: (Sea of Galilee Northern Israel-2.jpg |
Image acquired with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with an 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Centre.
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