Shephelah
The Shephelah () or Shfela (), or the Judaean Foothills (), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over between the Judaean Mountains and the Coastal Plain. The different use of the term "Judean Plain", as either defining just the Coastal Plain segment stretching along the Judaean Mountains, or also including, or only referring to, the Shfela, often creates grave confusion.
Key facts
- Landform.name
- Shephela
- Landform.other_name
- Shfela, Judean Foothills, Judean Lowlands
- Landform.type
- Region
- Landform.image
- File:TarumFeb282022.jpg 03.jpg
- Landform.caption
- The Shephela near Tarum
- Landform.map_image
- WV The Shfela region in Israel.png
- Landform.length
- 55 km (N-S)
- Landform.width
- 10-15 km (E-W)
- Landform.geology
- Rolling hills
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The Shephelah () or Shfela (), or the Judaean Foothills (), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over between the Judaean Mountains and the Coastal Plain. The different use of the term "Judean Plain", as either defining just the Coastal Plain segment stretching along the Judaean Mountains, or also including, or only referring to, the Shfela, often creates grave confusion.
Today the Shfela is largely rural with many farms, but the cities of Ashdod, Ashkelon, Rehovot, Beit Shemesh, and Kiryat Gat roughly surround it.