The Arabah/Araba or Aravah/Arava is a loosely defined geographic area in the Negev Desert, south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.
Date palms plantation in the Israeli Arava
Southern tip of the Arava with King Hussein International Airport, Aqaba and the Gulf of Aqaba seen from Israel
Nahal Barak, in Israel's Southern District, is part of a system of streams draining the Arava desert.
Wadi Arabah and the Edom Mountains in Jordan, seen from Israel
The Negev or Negeb is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba, in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city and port of Eilat. It contains several development towns, including Dimona, Arad, and Mitzpe Ramon, as well as a number of small Bedouin towns, including Rahat, Tel Sheva, and Lakiya. There are also several kibbutzim, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter became the home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, after his retirement from politics.
The Zin Valley and Nahal Havarim, near Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Nahal Paran
Tulips blooming in the Negev Mountains around early spring
Of the three Acacia species growing in high plateau of the Negev, Acacia pachyceras is the most cold-resistant.
