Arava
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Arava or Aravah is the Hebrew name of a section of the Great Rift Valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat in Israel and Jordan. Its Arabic name is Arabah.
Arava may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Arava, Estonia, a village in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia
- Arava(h) / Araba(h) Valley-related:
- Arava Stream, an intermittent stream
- Sea of Arava, the Dead Sea
Other uses
[edit]- Arava Valley-related:
- Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, an Israeli study programme
- Arava Power Company, an Israeli solar energy company
- Arava spider, a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan
- IAI Arava, a plane manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries
- Arava, a brand name for the antirheumatic drug leflunomide
- Arava Shahaf (born 1990), Israeli female footballer
- Aravah (Sukkot), a willow branch, one of the four species used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot