{"id":58814,"date":"2025-08-10T13:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58814"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:19:41","slug":"sea-of-galilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sea-of-galilee\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea of Galilee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sea of Galilee Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Sea of Galilee in Israel has turned red due to the bloom of Botryococcus braunii algae.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sea of Galilee<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>large freshwater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in the northeastern part of Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>considered the lowest freshwater lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the planet and the world\u2019s second-lowest lake after the Dead Sea.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in Jordan Rift Valley<\/span> <b>primarily fed by the Jordan River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and partly by underground springs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout its history, the Sea of Galilee has been referred to by various names such as the <\/span><b>Sea of Kinneret<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Lake of Gennesaret<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Sea of Ginosar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Sea of Tiberias<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lake of Tiberias, Bahr Tubariya, etc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordered by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by the <\/span><b>Plain of Gennesaret<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extends in the north to the northwest, and the <\/span><b>Plain of Bet \u1e92ayda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Buteiha) <\/span><b>in Syria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extends to the northeast. To the west and southwest, the <\/span><b>hills of Lower Galilee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fall abruptly to the lake\u2019s edge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Botryococcus braunii?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of <\/span><b>single-celled green algae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found in <\/span><b>freshwater or brackish lakes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterized by its ability to produce significant quantities of hydrocarbons and its formation of biofilms that consist of polysaccharides and biopolymers for structural support and protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/trending\/culprit-turning-the-world-oceans-red-has-reached-israel-sea-of-galilee-1754574410620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wion <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sea of Galilee, a freshwater lake in NE Israel, is the world\u2019s lowest of its kind, fed by the Jordan River, and bordered by plains and Galilee hills. 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