Sea o Galilee
The Sea o Galilee, an aa Kinneret, Loch o Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias (Ebreu: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), is the lairgest freshwatter loch in Israel, an it is approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, aboot 21 km (13 mi) lang, an 13 km (8.1 mi) wide.
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| Coordinates | 32°50′N 35°35′E / 32.833°N 35.583°ECoordinates: 32°50′N 35°35′E / 32.833°N 35.583°E |
| Loch teep | Monomictic |
| Primary inflows | Upper Jordan River an local runoff[1] |
| Primar ootflows | Lawer Jordan River, evaporation |
| Catchment aurie | 2,730 km2 (1,050 sq mi)[2] |
| Basin kintras | Israel, Sirie, Lebanon |
| Max. lenth | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Max. weenth | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Surface aurie | 166 km2 (64 sq mi) |
| Average deepth | 25.6 m (84 ft) |
| Max. deepth | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Watter vollum | 4 km3 (0.96 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 5 years |
| Shore lenth1 | 53 km (33 mi) |
| Surface elevation | -212.07 m (695.8 ft) |
| Islands | 2 |
| References | [1][2] |
| 1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. | |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aaron T. Wolf, Hydropolitics along the Jordan River, United Nations University Press, 1995
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Exact-me.org
