 The country consists mainly of a plateau between and meters high, divided into ridges by valleys and gorges, and a few mountainous areas.West of the plateau, land descents form the East Bank of the Jordan Rift Valley.The valley is part of the north-south Great Rift Valley, and its successive depressions are Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee; its bottom is about ), Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea (its bottom is about ), Arabah, and the Gulf of Aqaba at the Red Sea.