The Jordan valley and Petra . out the Dead Seaare a puzzle to many who have not studiedthe details of its geography. The cleft orvale between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akabahis known as the Arabah. The Jordan Valley be-tween the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea is calledthe Ghor. But these two divisions overlap, andsometimes the Dead Sea is said to be in the Arabah,which in Hebrew usage included the lower JordanValley; while at other times the sea is said to occupythe lower end of the Ghor. The word Ghor meansthe depression or hollow, and hence we have theword applied to parts of the cleft,
The Jordan valley and Petra . out the Dead Seaare a puzzle to many who have not studiedthe details of its geography. The cleft orvale between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akabahis known as the Arabah. The Jordan Valley be-tween the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea is calledthe Ghor. But these two divisions overlap, andsometimes the Dead Sea is said to be in the Arabah,which in Hebrew usage included the lower JordanValley; while at other times the sea is said to occupythe lower end of the Ghor. The word Ghor meansthe depression or hollow, and hence we have theword applied to parts of the cleft, as Ghor Beisan,Ghor Nablous, and at the southern end of theDead Sea the Ghor es Safiyeh. The people wholive in the Ghor are called Gha-war-neh = Ghorites;but many of the Ghawarneh winter in the JordanValley and summer in the highlands, as do thosewho claim land about Banias ; while others are toopoor to own a second camping-ground, and dwellforever in the hot valley. As we had decided to push on into the Arabah 280 ;™«wgrm.
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