Wādī Abū ar Rīsh
Wādī Abū ar Rīsh is a wadi in West Bank, Palestine. Wādī Abū ar Rīsh is situated nearby to the village Bat Ayin, as well as near the locality Khirbat al Ḩubaylah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet DJumdjum and Biar Aqueduct.
Khirbet DJumdjum
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day West Bank. The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge.
Biar Aqueduct
Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system. Biar Aqueduct is situated 4 km east of Wādī Abū ar Rīsh.
Gush Etsyon Junction
Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Gush Etsyon Junction is situated 2½ km east of Wādī Abū ar Rīsh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bat Ayin and Kfar Etzion.
Bat Ayin
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bat Ayin is an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Hebron, founded in 1989 by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg, in lands that Israel confiscated from the neighbouring Palestinian villages of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah and Jab'a.
Kfar Etzion
Village
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Kfar Etzion is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a religious kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank, established in 1927, depopulated in 1948 by Arab forces and re-established in 1967.
Safa Village
Village
Photo: أنوار الجعبري, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khirbet Safa is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers north-west of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,105 in mid-year 2006.
Wādī Abū ar Rīsh
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi Abu ar Rish” and “Wādī Abū er Rīsh”
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.65279° or 31° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
35.10533° or 35° 6′ 19″ eastElevation
799 metres (2,621 feet)Open location code
8G3QM434+44GeoNames ID
285303
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