The Meshushim Stream ( he, נחל משושים, Nahal Meshushim, "Hexagons Stream", Arabic: Wadi el-Hawa/Fakhura/Zaki) is part of the

Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve The Yehudiya Reserve ( he, שמורת יהודיה) is a nature reserve in the central Golan Heights. With the area of 134 sq. km, it is the largest reserve in the Golans. The height differential of its landscape - from 200 meters below the sea le ...

in the

Golan Heights The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...

.Meshushim Stream, (part of) Yehudiya Nature Reserve
an

Israel Nature and Parks Authority The Israel Nature and Parks Authority ( he, רשות הטבע והגנים ''Rashut Hateva Vehaganim''; ar, سلطة الطبيعة والحدائق) is an Israeli government organization that manages nature reserves and national parks in Israel, ...

brochure, accessed january 2022. 35 km long, it starts from the foothills of

Mount Avital This is a list of mountains in the Golan Heights. }, ''Har Baron'') , align="center" , , align="left" , , Part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern Golan Heights. , - , align="center" , Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ, ''Jabal el-Sha ...

and discharges via the

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

Sea of Galilee."The Meshushim Stream and Meshushim Pool (Pool of Hexagons) in the Yehudia Nature Reserve"
at galilandgolan.com. The stream owes its name to the hexagonal basalt columns visible on the banks in the central part of its course. A prominent example of this kind of geology and a tourist attraction is the Hexagon Pool. Of the many affluents from the steam's 160 km² drainage area, the most prominent ones are the and the intermittent . It is the only river in the Golan not impounded in

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

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