Shephelah

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Shephelah is a lowland region in central Israel characterized by rolling hills and valleys between the Judean Mountains and the coastal plain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
lowland region
alternativeName Shefelat Yehuda
Shfela
borderedBy Judean Mountains
Mediterranean coastal plain
characterizedBy rolling hills
valleys
climate Mediterranean climate
containsSite Azekah
Beth Shemesh
Lachish
Mareshah
Tel Zayit
containsValley Aijalon Valley
Sorek Valley
linked to: Nahal Sorek

Valley of Elah
country Israel
elevationRange low to moderate
geology soft sedimentary rock
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
archaeological research
tourism
hasSubregion Aijalon Valley
Lachish region
linked to: Lachish

Sorek Valley
linked to: Valley of Sorek

Valley of Elah
historicalPeriod Iron Age
historicalSignificance border zone between Philistines and Israelites
knownFor archaeological sites
biblical history
fertile agricultural land
languageOfToponym Hebrew
locatedBetween Israeli coastal plain
Judean Mountains
locatedIn central Israel
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Southern District of Israel
regionType transitional zone
religiousSignificance site of biblical battles
separates Judean highlands from coastal plain
terrain broad valleys
undulating hills
timeZone Israel Standard Time
usedFor grain cultivation
olive groves
vineyards

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Ramla locatedIn Shephelah
Shfela alternativeName Shephelah
subject linked to: Shfela (Judean lowlands)
Shfela alternativeName Judean lowlands
subject linked to: Shfela (Judean lowlands)
linked to: Shephelah
Valley of Sorek modernRegionApproximation Shephelah of Israel
linked to: Shephelah
Gezer locatedIn Shephelah
subject linked to: city of Gezer
Gezer region Shephelah
subject linked to: city of Gezer
Road 40, Israel hasSectionIn Shephelah region
linked to: Shephelah
Highway 1 (Tel Aviv–Jerusalem) corridor terrainTraversed Judean foothills
linked to: Shephelah
Lachish locatedIn Shephelah
Azor locatedInHistoricalRegion Shephelah
Moresheth locatedIn Judean lowlands
linked to: Shephelah
Moresheth region Shephelah
Beth Shemesh region Shephelah
Zorah locatedIn Shephelah
Zorah locatedIn Judean foothills
linked to: Shephelah
Eshtaol locatedIn Shephelah
Eshtaol regionType Shephelah (Judean lowlands)
linked to: Shephelah
Ziklag area partOf Philistine–Israelite frontier zone
linked to: Shephelah