Nahal Alexander

Nahal Alexander is a river in Israel that flows from the western facet of the Samaria mountain belt within the West Bankto the Mediterranean Sea, north of Netanya. The period of the river is about 45 km. Several small streams flow into Nahal Alexander: Nablus, Te'enim, Ometz, Bahan, and Avihail. Most of the river is positioned within the Hefer Valley. Hurvat Samra, an ancient ruin on a hill overlooking Nahal Alexander, can also had been a customs station for items transported down the river to the port close to the estuary. Beit Yanai seashore is positioned where the river flows into the Mediterranean.

North of the seaside are remnants of a quay built in 1938, all through the British Mandate. It changed into used for clandestine Jewish immigration to Palestine whilst British authorities grew to become away ships of European Jews fleeing the Nazis. In the iciness of 1991, Nahal Alexander overflowed and most of its soft-shelled turtle population drifted into the Mediterranean. When the final eggs that failed to hatch, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority launched a assignment to gather the eggs, incubate them and go back the turtles to the water. In 2003, Nahal Alexander became part of a cleanup mission that received first prize within the Riverprize environmental rehabilitation opposition in Australia.