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Twins Cave
Nahal HaMa'ara
A large cave located on the northern bank of Nahal HaMa'ara, at the level of the stream channel. The cave formed in massive dolomitic limestone of the Cenomanian Vardim Formation, in the western limb of the Ramallah anticline. The cave consists mainly of a wide chamber, about 60X60 m in size and with a typical height of 10 m. Since 2009 the cave has been studied by the Israel Cave Research Center and the Department of Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University.
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Begin Chimney
Begin Park
A karst pit consisting of two chimneys, which developed in Cenomanian limestone (Aminadav Fm.), along a fissure extending on a northwest-southeast axis.
The cave has a vertical entrance opening at the top of Chimney I, measuring 1.5X1.5 m and rounded in shape.
The cave entrance leads to a deep karst chimney. The depth of the chimney from its top to its base is 30 m.
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Hadar Betar Cave
Hadar Betar
A small cave, total length 36 m and maximum depth 15 m. It consists mainly of a pair of passages and a vertical shaft. The cave has a vertical entrance measuring about 1.5X5 m. From the entrance a narrow vertical chimney about 10 m deep continues, and at its bottom there is a wide room sloping to the north.
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Ha'Uma Cave
Ha'Uma Cave is a giant cave consisting mainly of a vadose canyon (a subterranean flow channel draining water in the aerated zone) that incised into limestone and chalk of Cenomanian age (Kfar Shaul Formation). In the channel there is a constant water flow that varies according to the seasons of the year
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