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 Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Naẖal Me‘arot”, “Naẖal Me‘arot Reserve”, and “Shmurat Nahal Me`arot”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HaNahal Cave and Ofer forest observation tower.
HaNahal Cave
Cave
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in Mount Carmel, Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mughārat al-Wād or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave.
Ofer forest observation tower
Scenic viewpoint
Ofer forest observation tower 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.
Ein Carmel
Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.Geva Carmel
Village
Kerem Maharal
Village
Kerem Maharal is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, on the southern side of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 920. Kerem Maharal is situated 3 km southeast of Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve.
Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve
- Categories: nature reserve in Israel, World Heritage Site, Stone Age site, and archaeological site
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.67108° or 32° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
34.97531° or 34° 58′ 31″ east
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
8G4PMXCG+C4
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Satellite Map
Discover Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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