Har Qeren
| Har Qeren | |
|---|---|
| Jabal Kayrin | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 365 m (1,198 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 30°59′47″N 34°29′08″E / 30.9964°N 34.4856°E[2] |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Hebrew: הר קרן |
| Geography | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern District |
Har Qeren (Hebrew: הר קרן) is a mountain in Israel.[2] Har Qeren is located in the Southern District. Har Qeren is located 365 meters above sea level. There is a U.S. military radar station here, known as Site 512.[3][4]
The highest place nearby is Har Safun, 456 meters (1,496 ft) above sea level, 19.3 kilometres (12.0 miles) southeast of Har Qeren.[a][5]
The climate is hot dry.[6] The average temperature is 24 °C. The warmest month is August, at 34 °C, and the coldest is January, at 12 °C.[7] The average rainfall is 130 millimeters per year. The wettest month is January, with 31 millimeters of rain, and the driest is June, with 1 millimeters.[8]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
- ^ a b c Har Qeren at Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ "Israel/United States : Site 512, a US military bubble in Israel's Negev desert - 22/11/2023". Intelligence Online. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Satellite image shows US expanding Israel military base amid escalating tensions". India Today. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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