is the sea of galilee salt water
At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth, and the second lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake. It is not a real sea - it is called a sea because of tradition. The lake is also known on modern maps as Lake Galilee or Lake Tiberias, in the region of Galilee. In modern Hebrew, it is known as Yam Kinneret (info â¢ help) (×× ×× ×¨×ª), Sea of Kinnereth (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27).