Wadi el Maleh


Wadi el Maleh 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.
It starts in Samarian Hills at the altitude of northwest of Tubas and flows into the Jordan Valley in the area between Mehola and Shadmot Mehola. Its length is about and drainage basin of about.
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.
Places of note along the stream include, a hammam by mineral hot springs, and, a Mamluk fortress.