Arabah

The Arabah/Araba or Aravah/Arava is a loosely defined geographic area located south of the drainage basin and north of the Gulf of Aqaba in southeastern and southwestern .
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 221 metres
  • Description: area south of the Dead Sea basin in Israel and Jordan
  • Also known as: ‘Arabah”, “Arabah Valley”, “Ha‘Arava”, “Ha`Arava”, “Wadi ‘Araba”, “Wādī ‘Arabah”, “Wādī al ‘Arabah”, “Wādi el ‘Araba”, “Wadi el Arab”, and “Wady el Araba

Arabah

Latitude
30.17194° or 30° 10′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.14507° or 35° 8′ 42″ east
Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)
Open location code
8G2Q54CW+Q2
Geo­Names ID
250384
Wiki­data ID
Q626682
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Arabah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هاعارفا
  • Arabic: هعرفا
  • Arabic: هَعَرڤا
  • Arabic: وادي العرب
  • Arabic: وادي العربة
  • Arabic: وادي عربة
  • Arabic: وادي عربه
  • Azerbaijani: Arava
  • Basque: Arabah
  • Basque: Arava
  • Basque: Aravá
  • Basque: Aravah
  • Basque: Wadi Araba
  • Bulgarian: Уади ал Араба
  • Catalan: Arabah
  • Catalan: Wadi Araba
  • Catalan: Wadi Arabah
  • Central Kurdish: دۆڵی عەرەبە
  • Chinese: 阿拉伯谷
  • Chinese: 阿拉伯谷地
  • Czech: Aravské údolí
  • Czech: Vádí al-Araba
  • Czech: Vádí Arava
  • Czech: Wádí Arava
  • Dutch: Arava-vallei
  • Dutch: Wadi Araba
  • Egyptian Arabic: وادى عربه
  • Esperanto: Arabaha Valo
  • Finnish: Aravanlaakso
  • French: Arabah
  • French: Aravah
  • French: Wadi Araba
  • French: Wadi Arabah
  • German: Arabah
  • German: Arava
  • German: Arawa-Wüste
  • German: Wadi Arabah
  • Greek: Αραβά
  • Greek: Άραμπα
  • Hebrew: הערבה
  • Indonesian: Arabah
  • Indonesian: Sungai Arabah
  • Italian: Arava
  • Italian: Wadi Araba
  • Japanese: アラバの谷
  • Kazakh: Уәди Араба
  • Kazakh: Уәди әл-Араба
  • Korean: 아라바
  • Lithuanian: Arabah
  • Lithuanian: Vadi Araba
  • Macedonian: Араба
  • Macedonian: Арава
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arabah
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Arabah
  • Norwegian: Arabah
  • Persian: عربه
  • Polish: Arabah
  • Polish: Arava (kraina)
  • Polish: Ha-Arawa
  • Polish: Wadi al-Araba
  • Portuguese: Arabá
  • Portuguese: Arava
  • Romanian: Arava
  • Russian: Араба
  • Russian: Вади Араба
  • Russian: Вади-эль-Араб
  • Russian: Вади-эль-Араба
  • Russian: Пустыня Арава
  • Slovenian: Arabah
  • Spanish: Araba
  • Spanish: Arabá
  • Spanish: Arabah
  • Spanish: Arava
  • Spanish: Aravá
  • Swedish: Wadi Arabah
  • Turkish: Arabe Vadisi
  • Ukrainian: Арава (долина)
  • Ukrainian: Ваді-ель-Араба
  • Urdu: وادی عربہ

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