The Sea of Galilee or Lake Kinneret (Hebrew ים כנרת), is Israel’s largest freshwater lake and it also happens to be the lowest freshwater lake on Earth.  Second-lowest lake in the world would be the Dead Sea, saltwater lake also in Israel.

Galilee is about 50 miles from north to south and 25 miles from east to west. Roughly speaking everything north and east of the modern city of Haifa is known as "Galilee," and now, as in ancient times, it is Israel's lushest region. In the spring the valleys and slopes become an ocean of wildflowers and blossoming trees. Beginning in March the area is covered by a vast blanket of green. The fertile land is a texture of orange groves, vineyards and fruit orchards, and it is the site of most of Israel's collective farms (kibbutzim).