Wadi el Maleh

For other meanings, see Maleh (disambiguation).

32°20′16″N 35°30′45″E / 32.3378°N 35.5125°E / 32.3378; 35.5125

A view on Wadi el Maleh, Hammam el Maleh, and Road 5799

Wadi el Maleh (Arabic: وادي المالح,^[a] also Wadi al Maleh, al Malich, etc.; Hebrew: נחל מלחה, Nahal Milcha, Milkha Stream, also Milcha, Malcha, etc.) is a non-intermittent stream in West Bank. It is within the basin of the Lower Jordan River near Highway 90 and is very low-watered, with the exception of storm discharge periods.^{[citation needed]}

It starts in Samarian Hills at the altitude of 600 metres (2,000 ft) ^{[citation needed]} northwest of Tubas and flows into the Jordan Valley in the area between Mehola and Shadmot Mehola. (Its lower flow marks the southern boundary of the Beit She'an Valley.^[1]) Its length is about 17 km (11 mi) ^{[citation needed]} and drainage basin of about 90 km² (35 sq mi).

It follows geological faults and makes a nearly 90 degree kink northwards in the area where Road 5799 joins the Allon Road and further arcs around Shadmot Mehola to flow into the Jordan River in the west-to-east direction at about 32°21′14″N 35°33′19″E / 32.3539°N 35.5552°E / 32.3539; 35.5552.

Burj el Maleh

Places of note along the stream include Hammam el Maleh [he], a hammam by mineral hot springs, and Burj el Maleh [he], a Mamluk fortress.

Notes

1. El Maleh means 'salty' in Arabic

References

1. [Beit Shean Valley], Yigal Alon Museum [he]

 

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