The Judean Mountains are the mountain range on which Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel is located. They extend to the West and East. The Judean Mountains form a natural division between the coastal plains to the West and the Jordan Rift Valley to the East. Jerusalem and the Old City. ... Northern section of the Great Rift Valley. ...

In a reference to the history of the holy city of Jerusalem, it has been mentioned that "Over a million years ago elephants, rhinoceros, giraffes, water buffaloes and other animals now extinct here roamed the Judean Hills [1]". The range has karst topography including a stalactite cave in Nahal Sorek National Park between Jerusalem and Bet Shemesh. Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. ... Genera Ceratotherium Dicerorhinus Diceros Rhinoceros Coelodonta (extinct) Elasmotherium (extinct) A rhinoceros (commonly called a rhino for short) is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulate in the family Rhinocerotidae. ... // Headline text Bold textBold textBold textLink titleLink title Binomial name Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758 The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land living animal species. ... Binomial name Bubalus arnee (Kerr, 1792) The Water Buffalo is a very large ungulate. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa {trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... Formation of stalactites. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ... Bet Shemesh (בית שמש; unofficially also spelled Beit Shemesh) is a city in the Jerusalem District in Israel. ...

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus and also King David, is located in the Judean Mountains. The Church of the Nativity, a Bethlehem Landmark Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm [▶] house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank and a hub of Palestinian cultural and... Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, most of the adherents of which worship him as the Messiah, son of God, and God incarnate. ... This page is about the Biblical king David. ...

The Judean Mountains have one train line which climbs up from Bet Shemesh along the Nahal Sorek Valley into Southern Jerusalem's Jerusalem Malcha Train Station. Currently, a Master Plan for development of the Judean Mountains region is in progress. Israel Railways (Hebrew: רכבת ישראל Rakevet Yisrael) is Israels government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country. ... Bet Shemesh (בית שמש; unofficially also spelled Beit Shemesh) is a city in the Jerusalem District in Israel. ... The Jerusalem Malcha Train Station is the main Israel Railways station in Jerusalem, Israel. ...

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