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152: cu ft). The wadi has special significance for walks and for hiking. The route spans about 30 kilometres (19 mi), and is a popular destination for adventure tourists in Jordan for walkers and hikers. A group of hiking clubs have been organized, most of which end at the Jordan Valley, where there are many mineral hot springs, which are said to have many health benefits. 38: 104:. Its length is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi), and it contains many historical and modern facilities and farms. At no time during the year does the water stop flowing. There are many springs and other sources that feed it, particularly in the section flowing through the governorate of Tafilah. It is longer and wider than 155:
Throughout the wadi there are many farms, most of them vegetable farms, above stream of the Al-Tannur Dam. There are also olive trees and clovers. There are fountains and streams that are suitable for drinking which are used by the local residents. There is natural scenery and it contains bodies of
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The archaeological excavations at Wadi al-Hasa have contributed to a rethinking in archaeology of the use of tools made from bone or bone-like material. Some of the evidence at the site of
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water that have formed over time because the stones were carved with water, reaching a depth of more than six meters. The wadi is rich in fish, caught by both residents and visitors.
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The wadi is part of the eastern Dead Sea basin. The waters of Wadi al-Hasa feed the Dead Sea; in winter they accumulate in the southern part of the Dead Sea. The area of the wadi's
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period, between 24,000 and 19,000 BP. Coinman suggested in 1996 that both bone and blade technologies were more common in this period than previously thought (see
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The wadi area is intensely used by farmers who use the water for irrigation, mostly for vegetables like tomatoes and melons.
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is approximately 2,500 km (970 sq mi). The wadi collects its waters from the desert
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This article is about the valley in Jordan. For Hasa or Ahsa oasis in east Arabia, see
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with its own Nabataean sanctuary. Both shrines were dedicated to the Nabataean deity
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According to Peter C. Craigie, Zered's "exact location is uncertain."
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at Burbeita (in Hasa valley) and Afra (in valley of a tributary)
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Qasr or Khan al-Hasa, fortified Ottoman pilgrims hostel on
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stands on a mountaintop at the confluence of a tributary,
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In 1999, Jordan built a dam atop the wadi, known as the
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for a brook and its valley. It is mentioned briefly in
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Index

Wadi el-Hasa
Al-Ahsa Oasis

Arabic
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew
wadi
Jordan
Karak
Tafilah
Dead Sea
Al-Safi
Wadi al-Moujib
drainage basin
wadis
al-Jafr
Jordan Rift Valley
Al-Tannur Dam
Torah
Deuteronomy 2:13–14
Numbers 21:12–13
Israelites
Moab
Edom
Moab
Wadi Mujib
Ain el-Buhira
Upper Pleistocene
Levantine Upper and Epi-Palaeolithic
Khirbet et-Tannur

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