ISRAEL

ISRAEL / יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ - إِسْرَائِيل

Nature reserve.
Nahal Baraq Canyon, Negev.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 21.01.1970.
Face value: 0.05 Israeli lira.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,957,000 copies.
Size: 26 x 40.5 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 458.
- Scott No. 404.
- StampWorld No. 457.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 434.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 396.

Nahal Baraq Canyon (in Hebrew, נחל ברק), also known as Baraq river, is formed by a dry stream bed in the Arava desert, in Israel's South District. During the rainy season, the waterway fills with water and uneven terrain creates rapids and waterfalls, the highest of which reaches 20 meters (it is called the White Canyon, in Hebrew, הקניון הלבן). It empties into the Nahal HaArava (נחל הערבה), which in turn flows northward into the southernmost end of the Dead Sea. The stream itself is 18 km (11.2 mi) long.