CENTRAL

ARAVA

Egypt

Jordan

C EN
TRA
L AR
AVA

Iddan
Hatzeva
Ein Yahav
Sapir
Tzofar

Paran

The Central Arava

is spread over an
area of about
. 1500000 dunams

CENTRAL
Hazeva
Moshav Iddan
ARAVA
Moshav
Ein Yahav

Iddan
Hatzeva
Ein Yahav
Sapir
Tzofar
Tzukim
Paran

150m
below
sealevel
level
180m
below
sea
Tzukim
Sapir
Paran
Moshav
Tzofar
87mMoshav
below
sea
level
Established
1971
Established
1980
13m
44m
below
sea
level
104m
above
sea
level
2mabove
below
Established
1967
farms
126
farms
67
Established
2003
1978
Established
1971
Established
1977
farms 126
About
6,900
caltivated
dunams
About
4,400
caltivated
dunams
families
families
140
40
farms
102
farms
85 dunams
About 8,000
caltivated
About
About6,300
5,800caltivated
caltivateddunams
dunams

Topography
Yahel
Paran
Yotvata
Eilat
Sea
level

Tzofar

Sapir
Ein Yahav
Hazeva
Iddan
Neot
Hakikar

Red sea

Dead sea

RIFT VALLEY
The Arava is part of
a 3000km rift valley
which means a long
history of
.earthquakes

CLIMATE
Most days are bright with high radiation and no clouds. Everage
.percipitation is between 25-50 mm per year
The Arava is situated in the Dead Sea Rift Valley which create desert
.climate conditions that are different from other parts of Israel
Long summer with average temp of 40 degrees during the day and 25
degrees at night.0 Dry winter, average temp of 25 degrees during the
.day and cold nights up to bellow zero

PLANT ADAPTATION
.Plants need to adjust to this hard conditions

PLANT ADAPTATION
Plants organized in the surroundings according to the existence and the
.amount of water
Plants have various ways to keep the water and continue the species
. existence

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
.The camel is the most adaptable creature to the desert

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
Uromastix Aegptius

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
GOLDEN SPINY MOUSE
Acomys Russatus

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
LESSER GERBIL
Gerbillus Gerbillus

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
NUBIAN IBEX
Capra Nubiana

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
Gazella Dorcas

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
HUMES TAWNY OWL
Strix Butleri

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
ARABIAN LEOOARD
Panthera Pardus

ANIMAL ADAPTATION
ARABIAN HORNED VIPER
Cerasteri gasperettii

LAND DEVELOPMENT

MAP OF AQUIFERS

Arava Refill
drills 13
5,686,000cm

Lower
Cretaceous
drills 3
cm 2,799,000
Cenomanian
drills 4
cm1,988,000

Hatzeva
drills 25
cm14,141,000

Aluvium
drills 6
cm 1,513,000
Senon-Turon
1 drill
617,000cm

DRILLS

DRILLS

drills 52
Pumping from 5 aquifers
About 36 million cubic
.meter of water per year

Dozens of observations
.drills
reservoirs 5
In full capacity of 36
million cubic meter of
.water

Reservoirs in the Central

Arava
Tmarim
Iddan

Hazeva

Jordan

Nekarot

Israel

Tzukim

Eshet

FLOOD WATER RESERVOIRS

Iddan
1,250,000

:reservoir
:capacity

exsist

:Water net sys

exsist

:Mine problem

no
Arava,Uba

:Border problem
:Fill from rivers

FLOOD WATER RESERVOIRS

Hazeva :reservoir
1,500,000 :capacity
exist :Water net sys
exist :Mine problem
No :Border problem
Fidan, Arava :Fill from rivers

FLOOD WATER RESERVOIRS

Nekarot

:reservoir

2,500,000 :capacity
planned :Water net sys
no :Mine problem
No :Border problem
Nekarot :Fill from rivers

FLOOD WATER RESERVOIRS

Tsukim

:reservoir

750,000 :capacity
exist :Water net sys
exist :Mine problem
exist :Border problem
Paran :Fill from rivers

FLOOD WATER RESERVOIRS

Eshet

:reservoir

2,500,000 :capacity
exist :Water net sys
no :Mine problem
partly :Border problem
Hayun :Fill from rivers

REGION LIMITATIONS

distance from population centers

small amount of rainfall

Limitations of line water supply and pumping stations.

no cleared sewage water.

Optimal water consumption for agriculture, daylight irrigation .

REGION LIMITATIONS
Water in the Arava should have treatment
like cooling, iron filtering and release of hydrogen sulfate
Soil and water corrosion raise the price of drilling equipment

Agriculture Change
Movement from open
fields to greenhouses
.and nethouses
1959

1979

1999

Export

The region export 60% from

Israel fresh vegetables
export and about 15% of cut
.flowers