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Huleh

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Huleh

Valley and nature reserve in northern Israel, between the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. Formerly a vast swampland, it was drained in the 1950s, and the remaining marshland and nature reserve is an important sanctuary for migrating birds.

In biblical times the lake here was known as the Waters of Merom.



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May is depicted by a photo of the Huleh plains and shows Lake Huleh, which was drained by the Israelis in 1951 to irrigate Zionist farms on the western coast.
Although Degania demonstrated the promise of irrigation in the areas adjoining the Sea of Galilee, Mead recommended the purchase and drainage of the Huleh basin as part of a plan to both develop the "hinterlands" and lay claim to the Jordan Valley's extensive water resources, a suggestion that greatly pleased Weizmann.
It feeds Lake Huleh, then the Sea of Galilee, and finally the Dead Sea.
 
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