Nahal Sorek

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Nahal Sorek is a major stream and valley in central Israel, historically and biblically significant as part of the Judean foothills landscape.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nahal Sorek canonical 2
Sorek Valley 2
נחל שורק 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stream
valley
wadi
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Samson
basinCountry Israel
biblicalEventLocation Samson and Delilah narrative
biblicalName Sorek
linked to: Sorek stream basin
country Israel
crossedBy Highway 1 (Israel)
railway line Tel Aviv–Jerusalem
environmentalIssue water pollution in lower reaches
flowsInto Mediterranean Sea
hasCave Avshalom Cave
Soreq Cave
hasEcosystem riparian habitat
hasNatureReserve Nahal Sorek Nature Reserve
hasTributary Nahal Dolev
linked to: Nahal Shimshon

Nahal Kisalon
Nahal Refaim
Nahal Shimshon
historicalSignificance biblical landscape feature
languageOfName Hebrew
lengthApproxKm 70
locatedIn Judean Foothills
linked to: Shephelah

Judean Hills region
central Israel
linked to: מרכז הארץ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
mouthLocation near Palmahim
south of Tel Aviv
nameMeaning Valley of Sorek
nameScript נחל שורק
linked to: Nahal Sorek
nearAncientTerritory Philistia
Tribe of Dan
nearFacility Sorek Desalination Plant
Sorek Nuclear Research Center
partOf Shephelah
passesNear Beit Shemesh
Eshtaol
Har Tuv
Palmahim Beach
regionType Mediterranean climate zone
sourceRegion Judean Mountains
near Jerusalem
usedFor hiking
nature recreation
vegetationType Mediterranean maquis
garrigue

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beit Shemesh near Nahal Sorek
Shephelah containsValley Sorek Valley
linked to: Nahal Sorek
Tel Beth Shemesh locatedNear Sorek Valley
linked to: Nahal Sorek
נחל שורק alternativeTransliteration Nahal Sorek
subject linked to: נַחַל שׂוֹרֵק
Nahal Sorek nameScript נחל שורק
linked to: Nahal Sorek