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Introduction
The purpose of this
website is to educate people about the environmental aspects of the Arava Valley. This
website covers the climatologic, geology, tectonics, and natural history of the region.
This website was created as a project for a class called "The
Natural History of the Arava Valley. In this class, students are taught about
the geological history of the area, including field trips to Nahal Shehoret and the Timna copper mines.“
The
Arava Valley
The Arava Valley stretches between the Dead Sea in
the north and the Red Sea Gulf of (Eilat&Aqaba) in the south. It is a part of the Syrian-African Rift and includes both
Israeli and Jordanian territories with varying levels and densities of agricultural and urban settlements on both sides of
the border.
"Geo-Climate of Arava Valley"
The
geology of the Arava region is unique consisting of a jumble of metamorphic, primary and sedimentary rock formations. Here
the Arava Valley lies on a fault line, sandwiched between African and Eurasian continents, and is part of the great Syrian
- African rift valley, composed of a series of giant cracks in the earth's crust. The area is extremely arid consisting of
fragile desert eco-systems adapted to extreme temperatures and low humidity. The average annual rainfall is very low, often
less than 25 mm. In winter and early spring, temperatures are pleasant, rarely topping 25 deg. C. From late March, it can
be hot, sometimes over 35 deg. C at midday, and by May until mid-September, it is usually very hot. It does become cooler
from mid-October and November is usually a very pleasant month.
The Climate Factor
in the Arava Valley
-Precipitation (rain, hail)
- Humidity
- Winds (direction and intensity)
- Temperature (Average, max. and min.)
- Radiation
- Cloudiness
- Extreme events
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Every Thing Will Be Updated
On this home page, we will introduce what we are working on and we
will talk about our reasons for wanting a web site. We might put a picture of our class on this page...or just
a picture that we especially like.
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