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The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the West Bank and rises to 935 m (3,068 ft) above sea level, some 60 m (200 ft) higher than Mount Gerizim. [2] Mount Ebal is approximately 17 km 2 (6.6 sq mi) in area, [ 2 ] and is composed primarily of limestone. [ 3 ]
The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the West Bank and rises to 881 m (2,890 ft) above sea level, 70 m (230 ft) lower than Mount Ebal. [3] The mountain is particularly steep on the northern side, is sparsely covered at the top with shrubbery, and lower down there is a spring with a high yield of fresh water. [4]
West Bank. City of Bethlehem, West Bank. The name West Bank is a translation of the Arabic term aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah, which designates the territory situated on the western side of the Jordan River that was occupied in 1948 and annexed in 1950 by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Mountain West Bank, a division of Glacier Bank, marked the opening with a ceremony Tuesday for its branch in the historic First National Bank of Wallace building at 419 Sixth St., according to a ...
The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills ( Hebrew: הרי יהודה, romanized : Harei Yehuda) or the Hebron Mountains ( Arabic: تلال الخليل, romanized : Tilal al-Khalīl, lit. ' Al-Khalil Mountains'), are a mountain range in Palestine and the West Bank where Jerusalem, Hebron and several other biblical cities are located.
A monument atop Mount Nebo commemorates Moses' death after seeing Canaan, across the Jordan valley. A purported grave of Moses is located at Maqam El- Nabi Musa, in the West Bank, 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Jericho and 20 km (12 mi) east of Jerusalem. [ 2] Mount Nebo is then mentioned again in 2 Maccabees ( 2:4–7 ), when the prophet Jeremiah hid ...
U. 'Ushsh el-Ghurab. Categories: Landforms of the West Bank. Mountains of the State of Palestine. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The area in a United Nations OCHA map of the West Bank; the Herodium national park is the diagonal hashed area shown west of Za'atara, east of the Jannatah checkpoint, and north of the Sdeh Bar Farm settlement. The Palestinian village of Al Orentellah is within the confines of the national park.