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Israel's Costal plain
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is Ein Re'Hanniya , a small pond in Ha'Shofet river.
The Coastal Plain of Israel stretches from the Lebanese border in the north to Gaza in the south, interrupted only by Cape Carmel at Haifa Bay. It is about 40 kilometers (25 mi) wide at Gaza and narrows toward the north to about 5 kilometers (3 mi) at the Lebanese border.The region is fertile and humid (historically malarial) and is known for its citrus orchards and viniculture.The plain is traversed by several short streams, of which only two, Yarkon and Kishon, have permanent water flows.
The region is sub-divided into five sub-regions. The Western Galilee stretches from Rosh HaNikra in the far North, down to Israel's third-largest city, Haifa. It is a fertile region containing with a coastline with many small islands off of it. South of Haifa is the Hof HaCarmel region which runs to the town of Zikhron Ya'aqov. The Sharon plain is the next stage down the Coastal Plain, running from Zikhron Ya'aqov to Tel Aviv's Yarkon River. This area is Israel's most densely populated. South of this, running to Nakhal Shikma, is the Central Coastal Plain. The southern region of the Coastal Plain is the Southern Coastal Plain (also known as the Shephelah, Plain of Judea, and Western Negev) and extends south to the Gaza Strip. It is divided into two. The Besor region, a savanna-type area with a relatively large number of communities, in the north, and the Agur-Halutsa region in the south which is very sparsely populated. |
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- JanD
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(5675) - [2008-05-11 0:23]
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Howdy Assi!
Nice lightness and colors. Very interesting perspective. Nice landscape.
Good picture.
Shalom!
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