Judaean Desert
The Judaean Desert is a desert in Israel and the West Bank that lies east of Jerusalem and the Judean hills and west of the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: desert
- Description: desert in the southern Levant
- Also known as: “Judean Desert”
Judaean Desert
- Location: Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
31.7° or 31° 42′ northLongitude of center
35.3° or 35° 18′ eastWikidata ID
Q2046004
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Judaean Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برية الخليل”
- Azerbaijani: “Yəhudi səhrası”
- Basque: “Judeako basamortua”
- Belarusian: “Іўдзейская пустыня”
- Bengali: “যিহূদীয় মরুভূমি”
- Bulgarian: “Юдейска пустиня”
- Catalan: “Desert de Judea”
- Chinese: “犹地亚沙漠”
- Chinese: “犹大旷野”
- Chinese: “猶地亞沙漠”
- Croatian: “Judejska pustinja”
- Czech: “Judská poušť”
- Danish: “Judeaørkenen”
- Dutch: “Judeawoestijn”
- Dutch: “Woestijn van Judea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحراء يهودا”
- Esperanto: “Judea dezerto”
- Estonian: “Juuda kõrb”
- French: “désert de Judée”
- French: “Désert de Judée”
- Galician: “Deserto de Xudea”
- Georgian: “იუდეის უდაბნო”
- German: “Judäische Wüste”
- German: “Wüste Juda”
- Greek: “Έρημος της Ιουδαίας”
- Hebrew: “מדבר יהודה”
- Hungarian: “Júdeai-sivatag”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Yudea”
- Italian: “Deserto della Giudea”
- Japanese: “ユダヤ砂漠”
- Korean: “유대 광야”
- Lithuanian: “Judėjos dykuma”
- Macedonian: “Јудејска Пустина”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Judeaørkenen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Judeaørkenen”
- Norwegian: “Judeaørkenen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Desèrt de Judèa”
- Persian: “بیابان یهودیه”
- Polish: “Pustynia Judejska”
- Polish: “Pustynia Judzka”
- Romanian: “Deșertul Iudeei”
- Russian: “Иудейская пустыня”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Iudèa”
- Serbian: “Јудејска пустиња”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Judejska pustinja”
- Slovenian: “Judejska puščava”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Judea”
- Tamil: “யூதேயப் பாலைவனம்”
- Ukrainian: “Юдейська пустеля”
- Urdu: “صحرا یہودا”
- Venetian: “Deserto de ła Giudea”
- Welsh: “anialwch Jwdea”
- Welsh: “diffeithwch Jwdea”
- Western Frisian: “Woastyn fan Judea”
- Western Frisian: “Woastyn fan Judeä”
- Yiddish: “מדבר יהודה”
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