Nahal Poleg
Nahal Poleg is a stream in the Sharon plain in Israel that empties into the Mediterranean Sea between Netanya and the Wingate Institute.
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[edit] Course
The stream starts between Tira and Ramat HaKovesh, east of Mishmeret. It runs west to the sea, veering north at Batzra. It is mostly intermittent, and becomes a Perennial stream towards its end. There is a man-made opening in the Kurkar ridge that runs south-north along the coastal plain.
[edit] History
The nearby Tel Poleg archaeological site, was excavated, revealing a fortified city of the Middle Bronze Age. The site has mostly been destroyed by a modern quarry. The original opening in the kurkar ridge was made in the Bronze Age, and reopened during the Roman period.[1] By the thirteenth century CE, the opening was clogged, resulting in a 4000-dunam marsh. The opening was cleared again in 1935, and the stream's current course was set in the area east of the kurkar ridge.[2]
[edit] Nature Reserve
The Nahal Poleg nature reserve is situated between the Wingate Institute and Ramat Poleg, between Highway 2 and the Mediterranean.[3] It covers 500 dunams, and was declared a reserve in 1971.[4]
Flora in the reserve includes a coastal variety of Boxthorn, Ephedra aphylla, Calicotome villosa, the endemic Rumex rothschildianus, Iris atropurpurea, Lupin, and Tulipa agenensis sharonensis.
[edit] References
- ^ "נחל פולג - פארק יקום - מידע למטייל" [Nahal Poleg - Park Yakum - Visitor's Information] (in Hebrew). Trekker.co.il.
- ^ "שמורות הפולג" [The Poleg Reserve] (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "Nahal Poleg Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
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Coordinates: 32°16′5.23″N 34°50′8.58″E / 32.2681194°N 34.8357167°E
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