Meshushim Stream
The Meshushim Stream (Hebrew: נחל משושים, Nahal Meshushim, "Hexagons Stream", Arabic: Wadi el-Hawa/Fakhura/Zaki) is part of the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve in the Golan Heights. 35 km long, it starts from the foothills of Mount Avital and discharges via the Bethsaida Valley into the Sea of Galilee.
The stream owes its name to the hexagonal basalt columns visible on the banks in the central part of its course. A prominent example of this kind of geology and a tourist attraction is the Hexagon Pool.
Of the many affluents from the steam's 160 km drainage area, the most prominent ones are the Zavitan Stream and the intermittent Katzrin Stream.
It is the only river in the Golan not impounded in reservoirs.
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References
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- ^ Meshushim Stream, (part of) Yehudiya Nature Reserve, an Israel Nature and Parks Authority brochure, accessed january 2022.
- ^ "The Meshushim Stream and Meshushim Pool (Pool of Hexagons) in the Yehudia Nature Reserve" at galilandgolan.com.
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