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Mediterranean Sea

Tourism development

Habitat and Foresting development in the Negev

Desalinize

d water supply

850

Mm3 /year

Desalination water

plant

Pipe length ~ 90

km“Great

crater”

Lake

“

Hatira river

”

2200 Mm3

Gaza strip

Egyp

t

Less pumping from the “Kinneret”

“Jordan” river flows to the “Dead sea”

Restoring “Dead sea” level by “Kinneret” free water

Rivers rehabilitation by decreased water pumping from the aquifer

Preservation of open area and green corridors at the center and north of

Israel

“Dead sea” “Kinneret”

Tel Aviv

Jerusalem

Jordan

To Jordan

To Dead

sea

To Arava vady

To Negev

settlements

To Gaza Strip

To T

el A

viv & B

eaer

Seva

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“Hatira” Dam

“Matmor” island

“Genesis” Lake

“Yeroham” city

8-16 additional km of shoreline

Water level = +450 m

Lake depth = -150 m

Matmor island rum = +50 m above water level Tourism city

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