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Arabah

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Also known as Arabah Valley

thumb|upright=1.25|Date palm plantation in the Israeli Arava thumb|Southern tip of the Arava with King Hussein International Airport, [[Aqaba and the Gulf of Aqaba seen from Israel]]

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Geography
  • Flora and fauna
  • Important Bird Areas
  • History
  • Bronze and Iron Ages; Nabatean period
  • Archaeology: Kingdom of Edom
  • Israel and Jordan, 20th-21st c.
  • Population and localities
  • Israel
  • Demography
  • Localities
  • Jordan
  • Demography
  • Localities
  • Landmarks
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.25|Date palm plantation in the Israeli Arava thumb|Southern tip of the Arava with King Hussein International Airport, [[Aqaba and the Gulf of Aqaba seen from Israel]]

The Arabah/Araba () or Aravah/Arava () is a loosely defined geographic area located south of the Dead Sea drainage basin and north of the Gulf of Aqaba in southeastern Israel, West Bank, and southwestern Jordan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arabah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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