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Yarkon River
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A seagull landing on the bank of the Yarkon river.
The Yarkon River originates in north Petah Tikva and flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv. It is the largest coastal river in Israel, at 27.5 km in length.
In 1955 water quality in the Yarkon River became noticeably deteriorated due to industry and sewage pollutatns as the cities around the river grew. Its waters were diverted via the pipelines of the National Water Carrier to provide water for irrigation purposes to the arid Negev desert in the south of the country. Sewage began to replace fresh water resulting in the destruction of habitats as well as the disappearance of flora and fauna.
As a result, the Yarkon River Authority was set up in 1988 to improve the quality of the river. Today, the authority is responsible for the cleanup, restoration and development of the river, ensuring that the quality of the water makes it suitable for leisure and recreation. In order to restore the river, hundreds of tons of garbage were removed from the river, whilst the authority also cleaned up the banks as well as improving leisure paths alongside the river.
These days there is a nice park in Tel Aviv which surrounds the river, and the river itself is a nice kayaking spot.
Unfortuantly there is still a long way to go:
On July 16, 1997, four members of the Australian delegation to the Maccabiah Games were killed as a result of the collapsing of a temporary pedestrian bridge into the Yarkon. It was the water in the river that killed them, not the fall... |
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Hi Doron,
This is beautiful! I love how you isolated the bird from the rest and the background, nice sharpness and perfect timing.
Shabbat Shalom!
Kaye :)
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