Nahal Mearot

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 .
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  • Tourism office
  • …is also known as “Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve”
  • Description: protected area in northern Israel

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HaNahal Cave and Ofer forest observation tower.
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Cave
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in , Israel. is situated 120 metres southeast of Nahal Mearot.
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Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ km south of Nahal Mearot.
Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Railway station
railway station is an Israel Railways passenger… is situated 3½ km northwest of Nahal Mearot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Carmel and Geva Carmel.
ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
Village
is a kibbutz in northern .
Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village
is a moshav in northern .
Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town
is a coastal town located south of , . is situated 3 km northwest of Nahal Mearot.

Nahal Mearot

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Latitude
32.67118° or 32° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
34.96523° or 34° 57′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G4PMXC8+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 117880693
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
Wiki­data ID
Q1443478

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nahal Mearot” 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”
  • 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: “Nahal Me’arot”
  • Dutch: “Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محمية ناحال معروت الطبيعيه”
  • French: “Grottes de Nahal Me’arot”
  • 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: “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: “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”
  • 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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