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  2. Geology of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The region has little evidence of mid-Paleozoic rocks; sandstone, limestone, clay, and gypsum represent most of the sequence from the Permian and Triassic. Southern Israel has Ordovician age rocks in the Disi Sandstone Formation. Other Paleozoic rock units such as the Yam Suf Group (sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone, dolomite and limestone ...

  3. Meleke - Wikipedia

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    Meleke in the Gerofit Formation (Turonian) near Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel. High quality, meleke limestone has been found wherever excavations in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have reached bedrock. Beginning in about the seventh or eighth century BCE, the area where the church is now located was a large quarry, with the city of ...

  4. Trump Heights - Wikipedia

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    In June 2020, Israel's government approved 8 million Israeli new shekels (about 2.3 million in US dollars) in funding for the Trump Heights settlement. [29] [30] On July 4, 2020, [citation needed] a major sculptural memorial was placed adjacent to the entrance to Trump Heights, honoring President Donald J. Trump. It depicts an eagle in front of ...

  5. Geography of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Israel on the world map. Israel lies to the north of the equator around 31°30' north latitude and 34°45' east longitude. [1] It measures 424 km (263 mi) from north to south [dubious – discuss] and, at its widest point 114 km (71 mi), from east to west. [1] At its narrowest point, however, this is reduced to just 15 km (9 mi).

  6. Israeli Transverse Mercator - Wikipedia

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    Israeli Transverse Mercator (ITM), also known as the New Israel Grid (NIG; Hebrew: רשת ישראל חדשה, רשת ישראל החדשה Reshet Yisra'el Ha-Ḥadasha) is the new geographic coordinate system for Israel. The name is derived from the transverse Mercator projection it uses

  7. Cartography of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the declaration of Israel in 1948, the UN proposed a United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine based on the location of land legally purchased [2] and used to create Jewish Settlements in the area. Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1880-1914 This maps depicts the originally anticipated borders of Israel upon inception 1938

  8. Hebraization of Palestinian place names - Wikipedia

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    Municipal direction sign-posts and maps produced by state-run agencies sometimes note the traditional Hebrew name and the traditional Arabic name alongside each other, such as "Nablus / Shechem" and "Silwan / Shiloach" etc. [15] In certain areas of Israel, particularly the mixed cities, there is a growing trend to restore the original Arabic ...

  9. Ayalon Cave - Wikipedia

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    The Ayalon Cave (Hebrew: מערת איילון, Arabic/Aramaic, Shiha شيحا) is a large limestone cave near Ramla, Israel, with a worldwide unique ecosystem.As photosynthesis is not possible inside the completely dark cave, the food chain that developed inside is solely based on bacteria capable of chemosynthesis: the bacteria are consuming the anorganic matter available in the groundwater ...