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List Of Rivers Of Israel
This is a list of rivers of Israel. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Nahal (Hebrew) and Wadi (Arabic) commonly translate to Stream, more seldom River. Streams entirely on the West Bank are not listed here. Mediterranean Sea Rivers emptying into the Mediterranean Sea, listed from north to south. * Nahal Betzet (Arabic: Wadi Karkara) *Nahal Kziv (Arabic: Wadi al-Qarn) *Ga'aton River *Na'aman River (Hebrew: Nahal Na'aman, Arabic: Nahr al-Na'mein), ancient Belus River *Kishon River ** (Arabic: Wadi Abu Alhiya), formerly Nahal Nahash * Nahal Taninim (Arabic: Wadi az-Zarqa) *Hadera Stream (Arabic: Nahr Akhdar) * Nahal Alexander * Nahal Poleg (Arabic: Wadi al-Faliq) *Yarkon River **Wadi Qana or Qanah (Hebrew: Nahal Qanah) ** Ayalon River (Arabic: Wadi Musrara) ** (Arabic: Wadi Amuriya) *Nahal Sorek (Arabic: Wadi al-Sarar) *Lakhish River (Arabic: Wadi Suqrir) * or Shiqma (Arabic: Wadi el-Hesi), location of an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The Sea has played a central role in the history of Western civilization. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. The Mediterranean Sea e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
