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Kane Cupmarks Cave - Nahal Kane
A small niche cave located on a cliff on the southern bank of Nahal Kane in Wadi Arur.
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Zanav Cave - Nahal Kana
Zanav Cave is a medium-sized cave consisting of a network of passages that developed in dolomite rock of the Vradim Formation. The cave spaces are spread on a single level and extend along a local cliff in the upper part of the southern bank of Nahal Kana.
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Harbata Pit - Nahal Netuf
Harbata Pit is a small vertical cave formed by phreatic dissolution processes in limestone of Cenomanian age (Kfar Shaul Formation). The cave has a rounded entrance (measuring 3.8X2.2 m) opening on the southern bank of Nahal Netuf, about 25 m above the streambed.
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Liman Cave - Wadi al-Hakam
North of the village of Abud
Liman Cave is a small cave consisting of a single space that developed in limestone of Late Cenomanian age (Aminadav Formation).
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Rafayda Cave - Wadi Hakim
North of Kafr 'Abud
Rafayda Cave is a large cave consisting mainly of three spaces of different sizes that developed in and were hewn into limestone of Upper Cenomanian age (Amminadav Fm.).
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Ein Maara - Wadi Hakim
Wadi Hakim - Western Samaria
Ein el-Maara is a small spring that flows inside a cave space exposed on the eastern bank of Wadi el-Hakim. The cave consists mainly of a pair of small spaces that developed in limestone of Cenomanian age (Beit Meir Formation).
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Dalak Cave, Nahal Te'enim
Dalak Cave is a medium-sized cave (total length 93 and maximum depth 16 m), consisting mainly of an elongated chamber that developed in limestone of Cenomanian age (Weradim Formation). According to the general shape of the chamber, it can be assumed that it originally formed below the water table.
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Tinshemet Beit Arif Cave
Nahal Beit Arif
Tinshemet Cave is a medium-sized cave that developed, by hypogenic dissolution processes, in limestone of Turonian age (Bina Fm.) and is located in the middle of a gentle slope on the eastern bank of Nahal Beit Arif, before the stream's outlet to the coastal plain.
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Beit Arif Cave
Nahal Beit Arif
Nahal Beit Arif Cave is a medium-sized cave (total length 85 m) consisting of several chambers and passages that developed by phreatic dissolution processes in Turonian limestone (Bina Fm.).
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Ofarim Cave
South of the settlement
Ofarim Cave is a small cave made up of two wide spaces that developed in limestone of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Fm.). The cave is located in the northern bank of Nahal Beit Arif, south of the settlement of Ofarim.
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Nahal Teenim Cave Survey
Nahal Teenim is a large channel descending from the Mount Gerizim plateau westward to its end in the channel of Nahal Alexander, in the south of the Hefer Valley. The length of the stream, from the head of its upper channel to its end, is 45 km, over which it drops a vertical height difference of 790 m.
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Al Madawer Cave
Madawer village, near Nirit
Al Madawer Cave is a chamber cave located at the edge of a dirt road between agricultural fields, at the northern end of the Bedouin village of Madawer.
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Elkana Cave
South of the community of Elkana
Elkana Cave (Al-Natafa Cave) is a large cave composed of a series of chambers and passages. The cave entrance is exposed in the upper part of a rocky slope, on the northern bank of one of the tributaries of Wadi Rabba, south of the community of Elkana in western Samaria.
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El Jamal Cave
Nahal Kana basin
El Jamal Cave is a medium-sized cave consisting mainly of a wide space and a pair of passages. The cave was formed by hypogenic dissolution in limestone of Turonian age (Bina Formation).
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Azzun Chimney
Near the village of Azzun
Azzun Chimney is a vertical karstic pit formed by phreatic dissolution processes (in this respect its name is somewhat misleading) in Upper Cenomanian limestone (Vradim Fm.). The pit entrance was exposed during quarrying works for paving the Azzun bypass road.
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Abud Cave
Near the settlement of Ofarim
Abud Cave is a large karst cave on a rocky slope on the northern bank of Nahal Beit Arif (Wadi el-Harub), about 800 m southwest of the village of Abud in the western Beit El Hills. The cave developed in dolomitic limestone of Upper Cenomanian age (Weradim Formation).
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Mount Yitspor Cave, Gilboa
Gilboa
This cave is a small cave that developed on a north-south axis, by phreatic dissolution processes, in limestone of Eocene age.
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Elon Moreh Cave
Near the access road
The cave opening is located north of the access road to Elon Moreh and was opened during its paving. The dimensions of the opening are about 2X3 m. From the opening of the cave a large chamber developed, along whose walls there are many cave deposits such as: stalactites, stalagmites and columns.
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Chen Pit, Ofra
North of the settlement of Eli
The cave is built of a large chamber at whose side there is a wide chimney exposed to the surface.
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El Amud Cave
South of Beit Lid
El Amud Cave consists mainly of a large chamber; the chamber is 30 m long, 14 m wide and up to 13 m high. The chamber floor is covered with collapse rocks and fill material forming a slope inclined south at an angle of 50 degrees. Several passages branch off from the chamber in different directions.
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Tzvaim Pit, Nahal Te'enim
Lower Nahal Te'enim
Tzvaim Pit is in massive dolomite rock of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Formation).
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Oach Cave Beit Arif
Nahal Beit Arif
Oach Cave is a small cave that developed in limestone of Turonian age (Bina Fm.). The cave is built of a single, horizontal space that developed on an east-west axis and has a wide entrance of about 4.5X2.3 m, arch-shaped, from which light penetrates the entire area of the cave.
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Esbar Cave
Lower Nahal Teenim
Esbar Cave is a small cave consisting mainly of an elongated chamber. The total length of the cave reaches 49 m and its total height is 10 m. The cave appears to have been formed by phreatic-hypogenic dissolution processes that acted in massive dolomite rock of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Formation).
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Upper Esbar Cave
Lower Nahal Te'enim
Upper Esbar Cave is a medium-sized cave consisting mainly of an elongated chamber. The total length of the cave is 33 m and its total height is 3 m. The cave was created by quarrying in weathered rock extending beneath a layer of harder rock (Sakhnin Formation).
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Terasot Cave Nahal Te'enim
Lower Nahal Te'enim
Terasot Cave is a small cave consisting mainly of a single space formed in dolomite of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Formation).
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Yoney Teenim Cave, Nahal Teenim
Lower Nahal Teenim
Yoney Teenim Cave is a small cave consisting mainly of a single space formed in dolomite rock of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Formation).
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Mahbo Teenim Cave, Nahal Teenim, Nahal Teenim Survey
Lower Nahal Teenim
Mahbo Teenim Cave is a small cave consisting mainly of a single space that formed in dolomite of Cenomanian age (Sakhnin Formation).
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East Nahal Beit Arif Cave
Nahal Beit Arif
East Nahal Beit Arif Cave is a small cave that developed by phreatic dissolution processes in Turonian-age limestone (Bina Fm.). The cave has a conspicuous entrance opening at the top of the slope of the eastern bank of Nahal Beit Arif, near the stream's exit to the coastal plain.
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Circle Cave, Nahal Teenim Survey
Lower Nahal Teenim
Circle Cave is a small cave consisting mainly of a rounded chamber (after which the cave is named) and a short passage. The total length of the cave reaches 22 m and its maximum depth 2 m.
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Nahal Teenim Cave, Nahal Teenim Survey
Nahal Teenim
Nahal Teenim Cave is a medium-sized cave consisting of 3 large chambers that developed in the rock. The entire cave space is completely covered with abundant cave deposits (stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, pagodas, coralloids, pearls, elephant ears) that cover its walls and make it hard to discern the original…
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Nihohot A-Ras Cave, Nahal Teenim
Lower Nahal Teenim
Nihohot A-Ras Cave is a small cave (total length 13 m) composed mainly of a single space that was formed in dolomite of Turonian age (Bi'ina Fm.). Rounded dissolution pockets and domes as well as a convex cross-section indicate that the cave was formed as a hypogenic cave in the phreatic zone.
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Znir Safarin Cave, Nahal Te'enim
Lower Nahal Te'enim
Znir Safarin Cave is a small cave (total length 15 m) consisting mainly of a single space formed in dolomite of Turonian age (Bina Formation). Rounded dissolution hollows and domes, as well as a rounded cross-section, indicate that the cave was formed as a hypogenic cave in the phreatic zone.
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Tikanim Cave, Nahal Teenim
Lower Nahal Teenim
Tikanim Cave is a medium-sized cave consisting mainly of a vertical shaft and several chambers. The total length of the cave reaches 65 m and its maximum depth 18.5 m.
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