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[[File:GllSprng 179PAN.jpg|thumb|Cliffs of the Naftali Mountains]]
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'''Naftali Mountains''' ({{lang-he|הרי נפתלי}}) is a mountain range between [[Lebanon]] and [[Upper Galilee]], [[Israel]].
'''Naftali Mountains''' ({{lang-he|הרי נפתלי}}) is a mountain range between [[Lebanon]] and [[Upper Galilee]], [[Israel]].
The western side gradually changes into the highlands of southern Lebanon. The eastern side sharply descends into the [[Hula Valley]] of Israel.<ref name=yia>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114114503/http://www.bet-alon.co.il/info/site_details.php?site_id=267 הרי נפתלי, הר שנאן, הר נזר], an archived copy of a page from the [[Yigal Alon]] House Museum website</ref>
The western side gradually changes into the highlands of southern Lebanon. The eastern side sharply descends into the [[Hula Valley]] of Israel.<ref name=yia>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114114503/http://www.bet-alon.co.il/info/site_details.php?site_id=267 הרי נפתלי, הר שנאן, הר נזר], an archived copy of a page from the [[Yigal Alon]] House Museum website</ref><ref name=laki>''Lake Kinneret. Ecology and Management'', 2014, {{ISBN|9401789444}}, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lake_Kinneret/Y9anBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA72 p. 72]</ref>


They are a part of the watershed between the basins of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Jordan River]].<ref name=yia/>
They are a part of the watershed between the basins of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Jordan River]].<ref name=yia/>

Revision as of 19:00, 26 March 2022

Cliffs of the Naftali Mountains

Naftali Mountains (Hebrew: הרי נפתלי) is a mountain range between Lebanon and Upper Galilee, Israel. The western side gradually changes into the highlands of southern Lebanon. The eastern side sharply descends into the Hula Valley of Israel.[1][2]

They are a part of the watershed between the basins of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.[1]


The area was the place of heavy fighting in 1948 during the Israel War of Independence.[1]

A panorama of the Ramim Ridge [he], the main ridge of the Naftali Mountains as seen from Hula Valley near Tel Anafa

References

  1. ^ a b c הרי נפתלי, הר שנאן, הר נזר, an archived copy of a page from the Yigal Alon House Museum website
  2. ^ Lake Kinneret. Ecology and Management, 2014, ISBN 9401789444, p. 72

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