Xefela

Xefela
Tipus	regió geogràfica
Localització
Entitat territorial administrativa	Israel
	31° 41′ 30″ N, 34° 52′ 30″ E / 31.691666666667°N,34.875°E

Xefela, Shfela, o Shephelah, literalment "terres baixes" en hebreu: הַשְּפֵלָה, també en hebreu שְׁפֵלַת יְהוּדָה, Shfelat Yehuda, el "pedemont de Judea"), és una regió de transició de turons de terra tova a Israel sud-central que s'estenen durant 10–15 km entre les Muntanyes de Judea i les planes costaneres.^[1]^[2]

Actualment el Xefela és en gran part rural amb moltes explotacions agrícoles.

La Bíblia assigna la terra de Xefela a la tribu de Judà i a la Tribu de Dan.^[3]^[4]

Xefela es menciona moltes vegades a la Bíblia^[5]^[6]

La pluviometria d'aquesta zona oscil·la entre els 250 litres en la zona sud i els 500-600 litres al nord.

Referències

↑ «Land of Israel: Geographical Survey. Shephelah». A: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Thomson Gale, 2007 [Consulta: 29 gener 2017].
↑ Jewish National Fund (KKL), British Park - Scenic trails in Israel's Heartland. Quote: "The Judean Plain is an intermediate region situated between the Coastal Plain to the west and the Judean Mountains to the east. The altitude of its hills varies from 150 to 450 meters above sea level, and geologically speaking, the plain is a syncline, i.e., a basin in which the layers of rock have folded downwards and sunk. [...] The plain consists of two distinct landscape units: the lower plain, to the west, where the hills are lower and separated by broad riverbeds; and the upper plain, where the valleys are deeper and the hills rise to a height of between 250 and 450 meters above sea level."
↑ Nadav Naʼaman. Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors: Interaction and Counteraction. Eisenbrauns, 2005, p. 334. ISBN 978-1-57506-108-5.
↑ Joshua 15:33-36, 19:40-41
↑ e.g. Deuteronomi 1:7; Josuè 9:1; 10:40; 11:2, 16; 12:8; 15:33; Jutges 1:9; 1 Reis 10:27; Jeremia 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; Obadia 1:19; Zacaries 7:7; 1 Cròniques 27:28; 2 Cròniques 1:15; 9:27; 26:10; 28:18.
↑ The Plain of the Shephelah, Jewish Encyclopedia (1906).

Enllaços externs

A Wikimedia Commons hi ha contingut multimèdia relatiu a: Xefela

Guia de viatges de Xefela a Wikivoyage.

Soils of the Coastal Plain and the Shefela

[EncJud-1] «Land of Israel: Geographical Survey. Shephelah». A: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Thomson Gale, 2007 [Consulta: 29 gener 2017].

[KKLBrPark-2] Jewish National Fund (KKL), British Park - Scenic trails in Israel's Heartland. Quote: "The Judean Plain is an intermediate region situated between the Coastal Plain to the west and the Judean Mountains to the east. The altitude of its hills varies from 150 to 450 meters above sea level, and geologically speaking, the plain is a syncline, i.e., a basin in which the layers of rock have folded downwards and sunk. [...] The plain consists of two distinct landscape units: the lower plain, to the west, where the hills are lower and separated by broad riverbeds; and the upper plain, where the valleys are deeper and the hills rise to a height of between 250 and 450 meters above sea level."

[Naʼaman2005-3] Nadav Naʼaman. Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors: Interaction and Counteraction. Eisenbrauns, 2005, p. 334. ISBN 978-1-57506-108-5.

[4] Joshua 15:33-36, 19:40-41

[5] e.g. Deuteronomi 1:7; Josuè 9:1; 10:40; 11:2, 16; 12:8; 15:33; Jutges 1:9; 1 Reis 10:27; Jeremia 17:26; 32:44; 33:13; Obadia 1:19; Zacaries 7:7; 1 Cròniques 27:28; 2 Cròniques 1:15; 9:27; 26:10; 28:18.

[je-6] The Plain of the Shephelah, Jewish Encyclopedia (1906).

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