Hula Valley

Hula Valley, seen from the Golan Heights. The Hula Valley ( , Emek HaHula , sometimes also transliterated as Huleh Valley ) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water. It is an important bottleneck site for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa , Europe , and Asia Lake Hula (also Huleh , the Biblical Lake Merom ) and its surrounding swamps were drained in the 1950s as an attempt to alter the environment to suit agricultural needs. Though initially perceived as a great national achievement for Israel, with time it became evident that the benefits from transforming the "wasteland" of Lake Hula and its swamps were limited. In the past few years, following nearly 50 years of an unsuccessful struggle to utilize the drained valley's resources, the Israeli government has finally recognized that successful development can endure only if a balanced compromise between nature and development is reached. Thus, a small section of the former lake and swamp region was recently reflooded in an attempt to prevent further soil deterioration and to revive the nearly extinct ecosystem.

Emek HaHula ; also transliterated as Huleh Valley ) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa , Europe , and Asia . The marshland around Lake Hula, a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria , was drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later reflooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem . An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Lake Park every year.

A wheat field in the Hula Valley, against the background of Mount Hermon , March 2007. Hula Valley farmland The Hula Valley ( , translit. Emek Ha-Ḥula ; also transliterated as Huleh Valley , ) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water, which used to be Lake Hula , prior to its draining. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa , Europe , and Asia . Lake Hula and the marshland surrounding it were a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria , and so were drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later re-flooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem . An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Valley every year.

Agricultural wetland region in northern Israel This article is about a valley in Israel. A wheat field in the Hula Valley, against the background of Mount Hermon , March 2007. Hula Valley farmland The Hula Valley ( , translit. Emek Ha-Ḥula ; also transliterated as Huleh Valley , ) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water, which used to be Lake Hula , prior to its draining. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa , Europe , and Asia . Lake Hula and the marshland surrounding it were a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria , and so were drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later re-flooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem . An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Valley every year.

Agricultural wetland region in northern Israel This article is about a valley in Israel. A wheat field in the Hula Valley, against the background of Mount Hermon , March 2007 Hula Valley farmland The Hula Valley ( Hebrew : עמק החולה , romanized : ʿEmeq haḤūlā ) is a valley and fertile agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water that used to be Lake Hula before it was drained. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Great Rift Valley between Africa , Europe , and Asia . Lake Hula and the marshland surrounding it were a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria and thus were drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later reflooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct ecosystem . An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Valley every year.