The maritime plain, about 10 miles wide and 30 miles in length, extending from Carmel to Joppa, celebrated for its beauty and its flowers (1 Chr. 5: 16; 1 Chr. 27: 29; Isa. 33: 9; Isa. 35: 2; Isa. 65: 10; Song. 2: 1; Acts 9: 35).