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Kibbutzim stream\Spring valley

History and Geography: Kibbutzim stream is a stream in spring valley in Beit she’an valley.
The route in Kibbutzim stream is very easy and not long, the climate is quite comfortable.
The river is called “Kibbutzim stream” because it combines a few little streams and is also surrounded by 24 villages like:
Moshav Beit Yosef, Kibbutz Gesher, Kibbutz rails, Session Street, grouping Reshafim, Kibbutz Nir David Kibbutz Tirat tZvi, and more...
Kibbutzim streams main water source is from two main sources that are Ein Homa and Ein Migdal .
Some historical background on Spring Valley which in it flows the kibbutzim stream …
Archaeological findings indicate that there was a colony there during Roman times, in the first and second centuries.
Additional findings show that there were synagogues in the area that probably belong in the second century.
At the end of the 19th century, there were no Jewish settlements at all in the area but there were a few Arabic villages, which belonged to the otmanic rulers.
The First settlement in the area was in the 1930s and 40s. The villages in the area were a strong economical center for the Jewish community.
The residents in the area suffered a lot because of Arabic terrorists, that tried to hurt the Israelis, but it all ended in 1948, during Independence War, Israeli forces took control of the region and all the Arabs fled.
but, until the signing a peace contract with Jordan, local residents had security problems, they were bombed day after day  in the war of despite and also after the war stopped , the communities were still prepared for impact.

animals

selected species:



The common Tilapia
The common Tilapia fish is a very common fish in the Sea of Galilee and in Israel generally. The common Tilapia is originally from Africa and is smaller than other tilapia, the common tilapia's size can reach up to 20 cm but found some tilapia is about 33 cm. Tilapia fish found changes color during the breeding season. Changing color helps them find a \ a spouse, hiding from enemies (camouflage) and even help finding the parents.



The Galilee sea’s Acanthobrama

The Galilee sea’s Acanthobrama’s main habitat is lake is the Galilee sea , but he also exists in other lakes in Israel. he only live in Israel.
In addition to the fact that he is a Israeli fish he has great economic importance because many fishermen fish him and many people like to eat him.
Recently because of the water level dropping, the amount of acanthobramas  has lowered. Researchers checked and found out that because of the water level dropping the natural habitats of the fish are disappearing.
His main food is zeoplanktons.



we might also encounter otters

 

 

 

Plants

The Common Reed - the family of grains and plant height 3-5 m. Barrel available is a wide distribution of all plants with plants and is found on every continent except Antarctica.



Rubus sanctus - family thorny roses and reaches a height of up to 2 m. Plant flowering occurs from April to September. Holy raspberries common on riverbanks throughout the country. Blooming of raspberry pink and has 5 petals. Fruit balls, red and Cooking turns black. The fruit is sweet and delicious and matures between August and September.​

 

Saccharum Ravennae - cereal family. His habitat is the rivers and swamps. Circulation in the country is the Jordan ValleyUpper Dead sea. This plant does not flower petals and its stem shape is a circle.

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