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The Sea of Galilee , also Kinneret , Lake of Gennesaret , or Lake Tiberias ( Judeo - Aramaic :       ;        ), is a large freshwater lake in ___MASK7___ . It is approximately in circumference , about long , and wide . Its area is at its fullest , and its maximum depth is approximately 43 m ( 141 feet ). At levels between and below sea level , it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second - lowest lake in the world ( after the Dead Sea , a saltwater lake ). The lake is fed partly by underground springs although its main source is the Jordan River which flows through it from north to south . The ___MASK42___ ("" " HaGadah HaMa ' aravit ") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia , forming the bulk of the ___MASK81___ . The ___MASK42___ shares boundaries ( demarcated by the Jordanian - Israeli armistice of 1949 ) to the west , north , and south with ___MASK7___ , and to the east , across the Jordan River , with Jordan . The ___MASK42___ also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore . The Golan Heights ( or   , ), or simply the Golan or the Syrian Golan , is a region in the Levant . The western two - thirds of the Golan Heights are currently occupied and administrated by ___MASK7___ , whereas the eastern third is controlled by Syria , with the UNDOF maintaining a buffer zone in between , to implement the ceasefire of the Purple Line . Galilee ( transliteration " HaGalil " translit . " al - Jall ") is a region in northern ___MASK7___ . Traditionally refers to the mountainous part and divided into Upper Galilee (" Galil Elyon ") and Lower Galilee (" Galil Tahton "). In the modern common usage , Galilee refers to all of the Israeli area that is beyond Mount Carmel to the northeast , extending from Dan to the north , at the base of Mount Hermon , along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa north of Jenin to the south , and from the Jordan Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal plain in the west , including Beth Shean ' s valley , Sea of Galilee ' s valley , and Hula Valley , although practically it usually does not include Haifa ' s immediate northern suburbs . By this definition it overlaps with much of the administrative Northern District of the country ( which also includes the Golan Heights and part of Menashe Heights but not Qiryat Tiv ' on ). Western Galilee (" Galil Ma ' aravi ") is a common term referring to the western part of the Upper Galilee and its shore , and usually also the northwestern part of the Lower Galilee , mostly overlapping with Acre sub district . Galilee Panhandle is a common term referring to the Israeli " panhandle " in the east that extends to the north , where Lebanon is to the west , and includes Hula Valley and Ramot Naftali mountains of the Upper Galilee . Historically , the part of Southern Lebanon south of the east - west section of the Litani River also belonged to the region of Galilee , but the present article mainly deals with the Israeli part of the region . Etymology . The region ' s Israelite name is from the Hebrew root " galil ", an ultimately unique word for " district ", and usually " circle ". The Hebrew form used in Isaiah 8 : 23 ( or 9 : 1 in different Biblical versions ) is in the construct state , "" g ' lil hagoyim "", meaning " Galilee of the Nations ", i . e . the part of Galilee inhabited by Gentiles at the time that the book was written . The ___MASK97___ River ( also River ___MASK97___ ; " Nahar ha - Yarden "; " Nahr al - Urdun ", Ancient Greek :  , " Iordànes ") is a - long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea . ___MASK7___ and the West Bank border the river to the west , while the Golan Heights and ___MASK97___ lie to its east . Both ___MASK97___ and the West Bank take their names from the river . ___MASK97___ ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of ___MASK97___ ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia , on the East Bank of the ___MASK97___ River . ___MASK97___ is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , ___MASK82___ to the north - east , Syria to the north , ___MASK7___ , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . ___MASK97___ is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is ___MASK97___ ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . Ancient Greek includes the forms of Greek used in ancient ___MASK74___ and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD . It is often roughly divided into the Archaic period ( 9th to 6th centuries BC ), Classical period ( 5th and 4th centuries BC ), and Hellenistic period ( 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD ). It is antedated in the second millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek . The ___MASK51___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and Egypt . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East ( as opposed to Far East ) beginning in the early 20th century . ___MASK7___ , officially known as the State of ___MASK7___ , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK7___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . The Dead Sea ( lit . Salt Sea ), is a salt lake bordered by ___MASK97___ to the east and ___MASK7___ and Palestine to the west . Its surface and shores are below sea level , Earth ' s lowest elevation on land . The Dead Sea is deep , the deepest hypersaline lake in the world . With 34 . 2 % salinity ( in 2011 ), it is 9 . 6 times as salty as the ocean , and one of the world ' s saltiest bodies of water . This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish , hence its name . The Dead Sea is long and wide at its widest point . It lies in the ___MASK97___ Rift Valley and its main tributary is the ___MASK97___ River . The ed - Dikke Synagogue , located 3 km north of the Sea of Galilee on the eastern bank of the ___MASK97___ River , was an ancient synagogue dating from around the 5th century CE .