Nahal Sorek

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Nahal Sorek is a major stream and valley in central Israel, historically and biblically significant as part of the Judean foothills landscape.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nahal Sorek canonical 2
Sorek Valley 2
נחל שורק 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stream ⓘ
valley ⓘ
wadi ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Samson ⓘ
basinCountry Israel ⓘ
biblicalEventLocation Samson and Delilah narrative ⓘ
biblicalName Sorek ⓘ
linked to: Sorek stream basin
country Israel ⓘ
crossedBy Highway 1 (Israel) ⓘ
railway line Tel Aviv–Jerusalem ⓘ
environmentalIssue water pollution in lower reaches ⓘ
flowsInto Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasCave Avshalom Cave ⓘ
Soreq Cave ⓘ
hasEcosystem riparian habitat ⓘ
hasNatureReserve Nahal Sorek Nature Reserve ⓘ
hasTributary Nahal Dolev ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Shimshon

Nahal Kisalon ⓘ
Nahal Refaim ⓘ
Nahal Shimshon ⓘ
historicalSignificance biblical landscape feature ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 70 ⓘ
locatedIn Judean Foothills ⓘ
linked to: Shephelah

Judean Hills region ⓘ
central Israel ⓘ
linked to: מרכז הארץ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
mouthLocation near Palmahim ⓘ
south of Tel Aviv ⓘ
nameMeaning Valley of Sorek ⓘ
nameScript נחל שורק ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Sorek
nearAncientTerritory Philistia ⓘ
Tribe of Dan ⓘ
nearFacility Sorek Desalination Plant ⓘ
Sorek Nuclear Research Center ⓘ
partOf Shephelah ⓘ
passesNear Beit Shemesh ⓘ
Eshtaol ⓘ
Har Tuv ⓘ
Palmahim Beach ⓘ
regionType Mediterranean climate zone ⓘ
sourceRegion Judean Mountains ⓘ
near Jerusalem ⓘ
usedFor hiking ⓘ
nature recreation ⓘ
vegetationType Mediterranean maquis ⓘ
garrigue ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beit Shemesh → near → Nahal Sorek ⓘ
Shephelah → containsValley → Sorek Valley ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Sorek
Tel Beth Shemesh → locatedNear → Sorek Valley ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Sorek
נחל שורק → alternativeTransliteration → Nahal Sorek ⓘ
subject linked to: נַחַל שׂוֹרֵק
Nahal Sorek → nameScript → נחל שורק ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Sorek