The Jezreel Valley forms a natural geographic corridor connecting which two major bodies of water or regions?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The Mediterranean Coastal Plain and the Jordan Rift Valley
- Step 1: The Jezreel Valley (Emek Yizre'el) is an extensive fertile inland plain.
- Step 2: It stretches southeast from Mount Carmel and Haifa Bay on the Mediterranean coast to the Jordan River valley south of Beit She'an.
- Step 3: Geologically, it separates the hills of the Galilee to the north from the hills of Samaria to the south.
Answer
The Mediterranean Coastal Plain and the Jordan Rift Valley.
Why not the others: The Dead Sea and Red Sea are linked by the Arava Valley; Sea of Galilee to Mediterranean direct passage runs further north; Judean Hills and Negev connect across the Beer Sheva basin.
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