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Nahal Be'er Sheva
Intermittent stream in Israel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nahal Be'er Sheva (נַחַל בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע; Beersheba Stream) is a stream in southern Israel which originates just west of Tel Arad, southeast of the Yatir Forest, and is a tributary of the Besor Stream. Its tributaries are the Nahal Yatir, the Nahal Hevron and the Nahal Sakher.[1] It is named for the city of Beersheba, the largest city on its banks.


A major archeological site on its banks is Tel Be'er Sheva.[2] It contains many archeological finds, including a Bedouin livestock market at the Well of Abraham, which the Bedouin called the Suq al-Waqef,[3] a winepress and Byzantine-era tombs.[4] It converges with the Besor Stream at a location known as the Mifgash (מפגש; Meeting place),[5] just southeast of Tze'elim.
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Tributaries
The Nahal Be'er Sheva has three major tributaries.
- The Nahal Sakher (or Nahal Secher), which originates west of Qasr al-Sir and drains into the Nahal Be'er Sheva just east of the Mifgash.
- The Nahal Hevron (Arabic: Wadi al-Khalil (upstream), Wadi al-Samen (downstream)).
- The Nahal Yatir.
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