Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Gaza section of the Coastal Aquifer is the only significant source of water in the Gaza Strip. [10] The Wadi Gaza runs through a wetland, the Gaza Valley, and as of 2012 it is used as a wastewater dump. [11] In 2022 rehabilitation began to turn Wadi Gaza back into a Nature Reserve. [12]
The area is the only coastal wetland in Gaza with unique biological diversity and one of the few wetlands on the easternmost Mediterranean coast, under pressure on its landscape due to human activities and land development. [1] The route of Wadi Gaza across the Gaza Strip is about 9 km of the total length of 105 km.
Wadi Gaza Coastal wetlands Gaza Strip: 5722; x (natural) 2 April 2012 Wadi Gaza is most identified with its plethora of meanders; notably, the part at the Gaza Strip border has eight. The river gradually widens as it nears its mouth which spans 100 meters.
The conflict in Gaza has created unprecedented soil, water and air pollution in the region, destroying sanitation systems and leaving tons of debris from explosive devices, a United Nations report ...
The coastal plain of Gaza is composed of sand dunes and fertile sandy sediments. Except for a porous calcareous sandstone called kurkar in Arabic, there are no other rocks in this region. In contrast, the West Bank is dominated by low mountains: Mount Gerizim (881m), Nabi Samwil (890m), and Mount Scopus (826m). The rocks are principally ...
The lasting blockade of the Gaza Strip and the Gaza War (2008–09) have caused severe damage to the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Concerning wastewater, the existing treatment plants do not have the capacity to treat all of the produced wastewater, causing severe water pollution. [ 7 ]
A relative grieves as the bodies of Ibrahim Wadi and his son Ahmed Wadi, two of four people killed by Jewish settlers the day before, are taken from the hospital for burial in the town of Qusra ...
The study identified three Kurkar ridges in the Gaza Strip running northeast–southwest: Skeikh Ejilin Ridge, Al Montar Ridge and Bait Hanon Ridge. During the winter, the wadi feeds up to 20 million cubic meters of rainwater into the area. [1]