<P> The Arabic names are Jawlān and Djolan (Arabic: جولان ‎) and are arabized versions of the Canaanite language and Hebrew name "Golan". </P> <P> Arab cartographers of the Byzantine period referred to the area as jabal (mountain), though the region is a plateau . The Muslims took over in 7th century CE . The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia refers to the region as Gaulonitis . The name Golan Heights was not used before the 19th century . </P> <P> The Golan Heights borders Israel, Lebanon and Jordan . According to Israel, it has captured 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi). According to Syria the Golan Heights measures 1,860 square kilometres (718 sq mi), of which 1,500 km (580 sq mi) are occupied by Israel . According to the CIA, Israel holds 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi). </P> <P> The area is hilly and elevated, overlooking the Jordan Rift Valley which contains the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River, and is itself dominated by the 2,814 metres (9,232 ft) tall Mount Hermon . The plateau has an average altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and an area totaling 1,800 square kilometres (690 sq mi), and straddles the boundary between Syria and Israeli - held territory . Elevations range from 2,814 metres (9,232 ft) in the north (if one considers Mount Hermon as part of the Heights), to below sea level along the Sea of Galilee and the Yarmuk River in the south . </P>

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