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THE INHABI NTS O THE LAND OF' the southern shore of CHANAAN
the Dead Sea. At the base of Mount Hermon this val­ ley is a thousand feet above sea level, but by the time it reaches the Dead Sea, it has fallen to a thousand, two hundred and ninety-two feet below sea level.
Chains of mountains run practically the ole length of the country-one to the west of the Jordan, the other to the east. West of each m ntain chain is valley, one valley being on the coast of the Mediter-

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M oun- tains
grown and forests
cover the hills. Still
vegetation becomes
mape, an popar,
west 1s a mountain
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farther north, the
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even more plentiful.
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extends from the foot AN 1, t; C DoMITES
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with forests of oak, ,,. Jubc_ s Galaad
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Mount Carmel is the only mountain of importance