South of Charachmoba
flows a river from east to west; it is followed by mountainous
ridges and is represented within a deep cleft. The waters are
depicted by a white strip of cubes winding between two blue-grey
strips; dark cubes mark the cliffs on both sides of the river.
Zared (Deut 2:13), the gorge of
Zared in the middle of the desert. (Eusebius, Onomasticon
92:10; Jerome 93:11)