Carmel Ridge

Carmel Ridge

Carmel Ridge is a ridge of land running southeastwards into Israel from Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, and Mount Carmel near the sea.


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  • CARMEL, MOUNT — (Heb. הַר הַכַּרְמֶל), mountain range on the northernmost coastal plain of Israel. The range branches off from the Samarian Mountains and runs toward the Mediterranean coast. Its eastern border is the Jezreel Valley, in the south it is bordered… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • Carmel — [kar′məl] Mount mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending as a promontory into the Mediterranean: highest point, c. 1,800 ft (549 m) …   English World dictionary

  • Carmel, Mount — ▪ mountain ridge, Israel Hebrew  Har Ha karmel   mountain range, northwestern Israel; the city of Haifa is on its northeastern slope. It divides the Plain of Esdraelon (ʿEmeq Yizreʿel) and the Galilee (east and north) from the coastal Plain of… …   Universalium

  • Carmel —    A park; generally with the article, the park.    1) A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of some 12 miles or more. At the east end, in its …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Carmel, Mount — geographical name mountain ridge NW Israel; highest point 1791 feet (546 meters) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Carmel,Mount — Car·mel (kärʹməl), Mount A limestone ridge of northwest Israel extending about 24 km (15 mi) from the Plain of Esdraelon northwest to the Mediterranean Sea. It rises to approximately 546 m (1,790 ft). * * * …   Universalium

  • CARMEL —    a NW. extension of the limestone ridge that bounds on the S. the Plain of Esdraëlon, in Palestine, and terminates in a rocky promontory 500 ft. high; forms the southern boundary of the Bay of Acre; its highest point is 1742 ft. above the sea… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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