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Wadi Gaza (Arabic: وادي غزة, romanized: Wadi Ghazza) and Besor Stream (Hebrew: נחל הבשור, romanized: Nahal HaBesor) are parts of a river system in the Gaza Strip and Negev region of Palestine and Israel. Wadi Gaza is a wadi (river valley) that divides the northern and southern ends of the Gaza Strip, its major tributary is
The Besor stream (Nahal HaBesor) and nearby streams, with the Bronze and Early Iron Age sites and modern towns of the area. The Brook of Egypt (Hebrew: נַחַל מִצְרַיִם, romanized: naḥal mitzrayim, lit. 'wadi of Egypt' [1]) is a wadi identified in the Hebrew Bible as forming the southernmost border of the Land of Israel. [2]
The 875-acre park offers lawns and shaded picnic areas and boasts at its centre the largest spring in the Nahal Besor/Wadi Ghazzeh basin, known in Hebrew as Ein HaBesor and in Arabic as Ein Shellal. The spring taps the near-surface aquifer , which is fed by the runoff of winter rains.
The following sites, all within the same small area along the Nahal Besor and Nahal Gerar rivers, have been identified as possibly being ancient Sharuhen; Many scholars today believe that Tell el-Farah (south) ( 31°16′55″N 34°28′57″E / 31.28194°N 34.48250°E / 31.28194; 34.48250 ), situated on Nahal Besor near the border ...
Tell Jemmeh, topographic map with excavation areas. The site of Tell Jemmeh is a mound located on the southern bank of the Besor River. The natural [dubious – discuss] hill is about 45 meters high, [dubious – discuss] with the accumulation of layers representing human activity, spanning from the Chalcolithic through the Persian periods, adding about 18 meters to the height of the hill.
The Hebron River or Stream, in Hebrew Nahal Hevron, in Arabic Wadi al-Samen and Wadi al-Khalil, [1] is a stream that flows along the border between Judea and the Negev. The source of the Hebron River is the city of Hebron, which is mostly in the Palestinian Authority. The stream is part of the basin of the Besor Stream.
Bronze and Early Iron Age archaeological sites along the Gerar and Besor Rivers. Nahal Gerar, also Nachal Grar (Hebrew: נחל גרר) is a wadi in Israel, in the Negev desert. Its Arabic name is Wadi esh-Sheri'a (also Wady el Sharia and other variations). [1] Along this wadi, there are several important ancient Bronze Age archaeological sites.
Re'im (Hebrew: רֵעִים, lit. 'Friends') is a secular kibbutz in southern Israel, and one of the Gaza vicinity villages. Located at the confluence of Besor Stream and Gerar Stream in the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.