Ayalon River

The Aijalon in Tel Aviv

Traffic jam on the Ayalon - road

F The Ayalon (Hebrew נחל איילון Nahal Ayalon, "Bach Ajalon ", by transcription from Hebrew are also found different spellings, such as Ayalon; Wadi alMuserara, Arabic وادي المصرارة ) is a river in Israel, which also flows through Tel Aviv.

Geographical information

The headwaters of Ajalon lie to the west of an imaginary line Jerusalem - Ramallah near Giw'at Ze'ev. From there, the Ayalon first flows west and then south-westerly direction in which belongs to the Shephelah Ajalontal ( which also is Latrun ). There, the river bends from the northwest and flows in the further course of Lod and Ben - Gurion Airport over before he reached the city of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv flows through the Aijalon over a distance of seven kilometers in northern direction; he here runs parallel to the coast at a distance of about three kilometers. In the north of the city of Aijalon flows into the Yarkon, which opens a little later in the Mediterranean Sea.

Like many other rivers in Israel dries the Aijalon in the summer due to lack of rainfall largely from. However, it came in the winter rainy season already flooding in the metropolitan area of ​​Tel Aviv, which required the blocking major traffic arteries.

Importance

After the founding of the Yarkon Tel Aviv to the north and the Ayalon presented in the east is the border settlement activity, so at first there was only a narrow coastal strip for the new city. Meanwhile, the Ayalon is located in the metropolitan area. Over the past decades, he has been channeled in Tel Aviv, to make room for important traffic arteries. Today along the Ayalon runs the multi-lane north-south traffic artery Ayalon Highway. The Ayalon Highway is known for its daily, often kilometers of traffic jams during rush hour. The tracks of the Israel Railways run along the river. This rail line was only in the 1990s; previously there was no consistent track junction in the city.