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Re: (Fwd) Intermittent streams



Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison wrote:
>
> I'm looking for information on the ecology and regulatory status of intermittent
> streams. 

This pattern is typical of the middle east, where many riverbeds run dry for 
several months of the year, and of semi-arid areas where runoff is sudden and 
massive. 

I know this is the case here in Israel, and you may want to see if someone has 
studied, say, the effect of drainage schemes in areas of the Negev wilderness that 
are being farmed: there are parallel conditions in Jordan and elsewhere.

In Hebrew this seasonal stream is called a "nahal". In Arabic, it's a "wadi".
Hope this helps.

Joshua