Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve

The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the near in northern .
  • Nature reserve
  • …lies at an elevation of 65 metres (213 feet)
  • Description: protected area in northern Israel
  • Also known as
    “Naẖal Me‘arot”
    “Naẖal Me‘arot Reserve”
    “Shmurat Nahal Me`arot”

Places of Interest

Highlights include HaNahal Cave and Ofer forest observation tower.
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in , Israel.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Carmel and Geva Carmel.
ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern .
is a moshav in northern . is situated 3 km southeast of Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve.

Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve

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Latitude
32.67108° or 32° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
34.97531° or 34° 58′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G4PMXCG+C4
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي الكهوف القديمة في الكرمل”
  • Armenian: “Նահալ Մեարոթ (արգելոց)”
  • Armenian: “Նահալ Մեարոթ”
  • Basque: “Nahal Me’arot natura-erreserba”
  • Catalan: “coves de Nahal Me’arot”
  • Catalan: “Coves de Nahal Me’arot”
  • Cebuano: “Naẖal Me‘arot”
  • Cebuano: “Shemurat Naẖal Me‘arot”
  • Chinese: “梅尔瓦特河原始保留区”
  • Chinese: “梅爾瓦特河原始保留區”
  • Chinese: “洞穴之河/洞穴羣”
  • Chinese: “洞穴之河/洞穴群”
  • Czech: “Nachal Me’arot”
  • Czech: “Nachal Mearot”
  • Czech: “Nahal Me’arot”
  • Czech: “Nahal Mearot”
  • Dutch: “Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محمية ناحال معروت الطبيعيه”
  • French: “grottes de Nahal Me’arot”
  • French: “Grottes de Nahal Me’arot”
  • French: “Grottes de Nahal Mearot”
  • French: “Sites de l’évolution humaine du mont Carmel : les grottes de Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara”
  • French: “Wadi el-Mughara”
  • German: “Nachal Me’arot”
  • German: “Nahal Me’arot”
  • Hebrew: “Shemurat Naẖal Me‘arot”
  • Hebrew: “Shmurat Naẖal Me‘arot”
  • Hebrew: “מסלול הטיול בנחל מערות”
  • Hebrew: “מערות האדם הקדמון”
  • Hebrew: “נחל המערות”
  • Hebrew: “נחל מערות”
  • Hebrew: “שמורת נחל מערות”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Nahal Me’arot”
  • Italian: “Nahal Me’arot Caves”
  • Japanese: “エル=ワド洞窟”
  • Japanese: “ナハル・メアロット”
  • Maltese: “Nachal Me’arot”
  • Maltese: “Riżerva Naturali ta‘ Nahal Me’arot”
  • Maltese: “Riżerva Naturali ta’ Nahal Me’arot”
  • Maltese: “Wadi el-Mughara”
  • Persian: “ذخیره‌گاه زیست‌کره نهال میروت”
  • Portuguese: “Reserva Natural Nahal Me’arot”
  • Romanian: “Nahal Mearot”
  • Romanian: “Rezervația Naturală Nahal Me’arot”
  • Russian: “Вади-эль-Мугара”
  • Russian: “Нахаль Меарот”
  • Russian: “Нахаль-Меарот”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Nahal Me’arot”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Nahal Me’arot”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Wadi el-Mughara”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas del Nahal Me’arot”
  • Spanish: “Uadi Al Mughara”
  • Swedish: “Nahal Me’arot”
  • Swedish: “Shemurat Naẖal Me‘arot”
  • Turkish: “Nahal Me’arot Doğa Koruma Alanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахаль-Меарот”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên Nahal Me’arot”

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