Negev
Southern Israeli expanse
The Negev is a desert region in southern Israel, comprising more than half the country's land area.
It is characterized by arid terrain, rocky highlands, and sparse population, though kibbutzim and the city of Beersheba have developed there.
They drove south through the Negev toward Eilat.
Negev's main city
First Hebrew patriarch
- BeershebaNegev's main city
- HagarSarah's Egyptian servant
- IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
- IsaacHebrew patriarch name
wilderness · Exodus · wandering · covenant · well · patriarch · Genesis · promised land
Fine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- aridityAbsence of moisture
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- barrenUnable to produce
scorching · wasteland · desolation · sandstorm · vastness · parched · sunbaked · waterless
Homeless wanderer by choice
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- camelHumped desert mammal
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
pastoralist · herder · clan · tradition · goat herding · weaving · encampment · desert dwelling
Israeli communal farm
- solar energyHarnessed stellar radiation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- drip irrigationSlow-release watering method
- desert farmingCultivation in arid regions
Beersheba
Negev's main city
Abraham
First Hebrew patriarch
Isaac · wilderness · Exodus · wandering · covenant · well · patriarch · Genesis · promised land · spies
sand
Fine rock particles
barren · scorching · wasteland · desolation · sandstorm · vastness · parched · sunbaked · waterless · mirage
nomad
Homeless wanderer by choice
shepherd · pastoralist · herder · clan · tradition · goat herding · weaving · encampment · desert dwelling · oral history
kibbutz
Israeli communal farm
- solar energyHarnessed stellar radiation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- drip irrigationSlow-release watering method
- Israeli PlacesTel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Nazareth
- Israeli SitesMasada, Acre, Apollonia, Mount Carmel, Western Wall
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- Ancient IsraelIsraelites, Jerusalem, Israel, twelve tribes, Judea
Negevrainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
Amazon · swamp · Congo Basin · temperate forest · fertile plain
Negevoasis
Fertile desert spot
Garden of Eden · Fertile Crescent · Nile Valley · Mesopotamia · Sinai