Nahal Be'er Sheva


The Nahal Be'er Sheva 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. It is named for the city of Beersheba, the largest city on its banks.
File:Gerar.jpg|thumb|320px|Bronze and Early Iron Age archaeological sites along the Be'er Sheva, Gerar and Besor Rivers
A major archeological site on its banks is Tel Be'er Sheva.
It contains many archeological finds, including a Bedouin livestock market at the Well of Abraham, which the Bedouin called the Suq al-Waqef, a winepress and Byzantine-era tombs. It converges with the Besor Stream at a location known as the Mifgash, just southeast of Tze'elim.
It rises on the Northern slope of Kina Mountain at the elevation of 570 m and flows into the Besor at the elevation of 140 m.

Tributaries

The Nahal Be'er Sheva has three major tributaries.
  • The Nahal Sakher, which originates west of Qasr al-Sir and drains into the Nahal Be'er Sheva just east of the Mifgash.
  • The Nahal Hevron, Wadi al-Samen ).
  • The Nahal Yatir.