Ein Nymphit (, lit. ''Nymphit Spring'') is a small nature reserve northwest of
Tel Afek, south of
Kfar Masaryk,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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History
Ein Nymphit is named for a perennial spring that produces clean clear water. The water flows from the spring to
Nahal Na'aman
Na'aman River, ( he, נחל נעמן, Nahal Na'aman; ar, نهر النعامين, Nahr Na'mein), is a stream in northwestern Israel. To the ancient writers Pliny, Tacitus and Josephus it was known as the Belus or Belos River of Phoenicia.
The N ...
, filling some pools on the way. The spring is named for the ''
Nymphaea caerulea'' that grows nearby.
The reserve is 62
dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount ...
s, declared in 1968.
''
Cyperus'',
Longleaf Pondweed flowers grow on the reserve, in addition to ''Nymphaea caerulea''
See also
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Geography of Israel
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Wildlife of Israel
The wildlife of Israel includes the flora and fauna of Israel, which is extremely diverse due to the country's location between the temperate and the tropical zones, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the desert in the east. Species ...
References
{{Nature reserves of Israel
Nature reserves in Israel
Springs of Israel