The Sea of Galilee (sometimes called Lake Tiberias or Lake Kinneret) lies within the Jordan Rift Valley, a narrow depression that began forming tens of millions of years ago as the Arabian plate tore away from Africa.
ທະເລຄາລິເລ (ບາງຄັ້ງເອີ້ນວ່າ Lake Tiberias ຫຼື Lake Kinneret) ຕັ້ງຢູ່ພາຍໃນຮ່ອມພູ Jordan Rift, ເປັນພາຍຸຊຶມເສົ້າແຄບທີ່ເລີ່ມສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນເມື່ອແຜ່ນອາຣັບໄດ້ແຍກອອກຈາກອາຟຣິກາຫຼາຍສິບລ້ານປີກ່ອນ.