The Daliyot River (

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: Nahal Daliyot) is a

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in the

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. It flows from the Golan Heights plateau, through the

Gamla Nature Reserve Gamla nature reserve is a nature reserve and archaeological site located in the center of the Golan Heights, about 20 km south to the Israeli settlement of Katzrin. It adjoins the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve. The nature reserve stretch ...

and down the western slopes of the Heights, and into the Sea of Galilee.

The estuary, Majrase

The Jordan River and the streams coming down from the Central Golan create a landscape of swamps and open water surfaces, variously called deltas, estuaries or lagoons. The Daliyot River is one of five rivers running through the

Bethsaida Valley The Bethsaida Valley ( he, בקעת הבטיחה), Arabic: Buq'at al-Butayhah,

"Majrassa Nature Reserve"
''Attractions in Israel'', 20 September 2011, accessed 16 June 2019. (Batikha or Buteikha in Arabic): the

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at the northern edge, Meshushim (Wadi el-Hawa in Arabic; collects the waters of the

Katzrin Katzrin ( he, קַצְרִין; also Qatzrin, ar, قصرين, qaṣrīn) is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council in the Golan Heights. Known as the "capital of the Golan", it is the second-largest locality there after Majdal Sh ...

and Zavitan streams), Yehudiya (with Batra as a tributary), Daliyot - together they form the Meshushim and Zaki Lagoons before reaching the Sea of Galilee -, and Sfamnun. The Daliyot River estuary, best known as Majrassa or Majrase,The Majrase – Betiha (Bethsaida Valley) Nature Reserve
Israel Nature and Parks Authority, accessed 16 June 2019 is the largest freshwater

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controlled by Israel. It carries water from the

and forms lagoons when it reaches the Sea of Galilee. The Majrase Nature Reserve stretches over 5000 dunams, some of it agricultural land.

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KKL tourism and recreation tours: Golan-Dalyiot-Rehavam Zaki Stream Water Hike
Israel By Foot, accessed 16 June 2019 {{coord missing, Israel Landforms of the Golan Heights

The estuary, Majrase

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