Lajat
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Key facts
- Landform.name
- Lajat
- Landform.other_name
- Al-Lajaʾ, Trachonitis, Argob, Argov
- Landform.type
- -->
- Landform.image
- Lajat, Syria2.jpg
- Landform.image_size
- 300
- Landform.caption
- The landscape of the Lajat (pictured) largely consists of gray, volcanic rock with scattered patches of arable land
- Landform.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Landform.map_caption
- Location of the Lajat in Syria
- Landform.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Landform.location
- Daraa Governorate and as-Suwayda Governorate, Syria
- Landform.part_of
- the Hauran
- Landform.elevation_m
- 600–700
- Landform.elevation_ft
- –
- Landform.geology
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Article
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- Etymology
- Geography
- Topography
- Water sources
- History
- Antiquity
- Early history
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman period
- Modern period
- Biblical references
- Population
- Populated places in the Lajat
- Maps
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|Trachonitis on map from Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903)
The Lajat (/ALA-LC: al-Lajāʾ), also spelled Lejat, Lajah, el-Leja or Laja, is the largest lava field in southern Syria, spanning some 900 square kilometers. Located about southeast of Damascus, the Lajat borders the Hauran plain to the west and the foothills of Jabal al-Druze to the south. The average elevation is between 600 and 700 meters above sea level, with the highest volcanic cone being 1,159 meters above sea level. Receiving little annual rainfall, the Lajat is largely barren, though there are scattered patches of arable land in some of its depressions.