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The Beit She'an Valley ( he, בקעת בית שאן or he, עמק בית שאן) is a valley in Meet Bet Shean National Park Take it slow in Israel’s Valley of Springs
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Take it slow in Israel’s Valley of Springs
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The Beit She'an Valley ( he, בקעת בית שאן or he, עמק בית שאן) is a valley in 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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The valley lies within the Beit She'an rift, part of the Afro-Syrian Rift (Jordan Rift Valley
The Jordan Rift Valley, also Jordan Valley ''Bīrʿāt haYardēn'', ar, الغور Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr),, date=November 2022 also called the Syro-African Depression, is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, and Jordan. This ...
), which opens westwards to the Harod Valley. It is a middle part of the Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley ( ar, غور الأردن, ''Ghor al-Urdun''; he, עֵמֶק הַיַרְדֵּן, ''Emek HaYarden'') forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley. Unlike most other river valleys, the term "Jordan Valley" often applies just to ...
. The valley is bounded by the Mount Gilboa
Mount Gilboa ( he, הַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ, translit=Har hagGīlbōaʿ ; ar, جبل جلبوع ''Jabal Jarbūʿ'' or ''Jabal Fuqqāʿa''), sometimes referred to as the Mountains of Gilboa, is the name for a mountain range in Israel. It ...
mountain range from the southwest, Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...
from the east, Nahal Tavor
Nahal Tavor ( he, נחל תבור; ar, وادي البيره, ''Wadi al-Bireh''), ''lit.'' Tabor Stream, is an intermittent stream in the Lower Galilee, Israel.
Geography
The stream starts in the hills of Nazareth, east of the city, and runs e ...
from the north, the lower part of the Malcha Stream
Wadi el Maleh ( ar, وادي المالح, also Wadi al Maleh, al Malich, etc.; he, נחל מלחה, Nahal Milcha, Milkha Stream, also Milcha, Malcha, etc.) is a non-intermittent stream in West Bank. It is within the basin of the Lower Jordan ...
(Nahal Malcha), where it flows into the Jordan River, from the south. It is named after the ancient city of Beit She'an
Beit She'an ( he, בֵּית שְׁאָן '), also Beth-shean, formerly Beisan ( ar, بيسان ), is a town in the Northern District of Israel. The town lies at the Beit She'an Valley about 120 m (394 feet) below sea level.
Beit She'an is b ...
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The valley is abundant in springs. For this reason, in order to attract tourism, the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council was rebranded as the Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council
Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק המעיינות, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot'', lit. ''Valley of the Springs Regional Council'') is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompas ...
("Valley of Springs Regional Council")
It includes the Beit She'an National park in the northern part of Beit She'an.''Israel21c''
See also
*Geography of Israel
The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the nor ...
References
External links
Take it slow in Israel’s Valley of Springs
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