Nahal Kesalon

Nahal Kesalon or Nahal Ksalon (Hebrew: נחל כסלון) or Wadi el-Ghadir (Arabic: وادي الغدير)[a] is a wadi in West Bank and Israel in the Jerusalem corridor. Its source is in the Judaean Mountains east of Har Adar and drain in Nahal Sorek near Beit Shemesh.[1]

It is included in the Israel National Trail, an Israel-wide hiking trail.[3] It flows through the Ein Hemed national park.[4] In its lower reaches it passes through the Forest of the Martyrs, planted as a memorial to the Holocaust victims.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ There are a number of other wadis named el-Ghahir, al-Ghadir, el Ghadeer, etc.

References

31°47′18″N 35°2′36″E / 31.78833°N 35.04333°E / 31.78833; 35.04333

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