Arabah

The Arabah, Araba or Aravah (Hebrew: הָעֲרָבָה, hāʿĂrāḇā; Arabic: وادي عربة, Wādī ʿAraba; lit. "desolate and dry area") is a loosely defined geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east. The old meaning, which was in use up to the early 20th century, covered almost the entire length of what today is called the Jordan Rift Valley, running in a north–south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee and…