The Be'eri Badlands () Nature Reserve (also the Crater Reserve (, Makhtesh Reserve)יער בארי

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) is located in the Western

Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...

area, northwest of kibbutz

Be'eri Be'eri () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert near the eastern border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of . During the massacre in ...

within the Be'eri Forest.שמורת בתרונות בארי
Be'eri Badlands Reserve) The

badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, ...

area lies in the upper basin of the Sahaf Stream (Nahal Sahaf) and occupies the area of 6,700

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s. It is a valley of crater-like landform (''

makhtesh A makhtesh ( (), Hebrew plural: ( – ''Makhteshim'') is a geological landform found in the Negev desert of Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. A makhtesh has steep walls of resistant rock surrounding a deep closed valley, which is usually ...

'') with sidewalls of height rising 10-15m, eroded in the

loess A loess (, ; from ) is a clastic rock, clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loesses or similar deposition (geology), deposits. A loess ...

soil by rainwater and tributaries of the Sahaf Stream. The reserve contains natural flora and fauna, which disappeared from the surrounding plains due to agriculture. There are 175 plant species in the reserve. In April-May 2018 a considerable area of the reserve was burned due to

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References

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