The Huleh concession and Jewish settlement of the Huleh Valley, 1934–48
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W P N Tyler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 826-859 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263209408701025 |
| OpenAlex | W2049692920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1934 Jewish interests acquired the Huleh concession to drain and reclaim Lake Huleh and its swamps in northern Galilee.' During the previous 20 years, when the concession was in Arab hands, no significant drainage work had been undertaken. The Palestine Land Development Company (PLDC) agreed to pay the former concessionaires, the Salam family, £191,974 to acquire their rights. The concession lay in the heart of the Huleh valley which covers an area of 177 square kilometres. The valley is encircled by higher ground on all sides: the Naftali ridge in the west, the Golan Heights in the east, a range of low hills in the north and the Rosh Pinna sill, a lava flow from the volcanic area of Golan, in the south. The Huleh plain, which is part of the Jordan rift valley, is 25 kilometres long and six to eight kilometres wide. While the concession area covered only a third of the Huleh valley (56,940.027 dunams), its drainage would benefit the entire region (see Map 1, p.855). Lake Huleh and its swamps were created by the basaltic Rosh Pinna sill which impeded the flow of the Jordan river. The Jordan, which had cut a steep gorge through this barrier, could carry away the summer flow of its tributaries entering the lake but could not cope with the frequent torrents of the winter rainy season. In winter the lake-level rose inundating an area seven to eight kilometres to the north. While the size and extent of the swamps varied from year to year, the lake and the permanent swamps between them covered a third of the valley; another third was subject to periodic flooding; and the land best suited to cultivation was located either on slightly higher ground on the northern edge of the valley or south of the lake where flooding did not occur because of steeper slopes and the absence of perennial streams. Drainage of the entire valley would be effected once the bed of the Jordan outlet was deepened over a stretch of about four kilometres south of the lake. In addition, water courses would need to be realigned, canals
Archaeology · Geography · Hydrology (agriculture · Lava · Rift valley · Seismology · Sill · Swamp · Tributary · Volcano · Archaeological Research and Protection · Geology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Paleontology · Transboundary Water Resource Management
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |