Makhtesh Ramon (Hebrew: מכתש רמון; lit. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh; Arabic: وادي الرمان; lit. The Ruman Wadi) is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is the world's largest "erosion cirque" (steephead valley or box canyon). The formation is 40 km long, 2–10 km wide and 500 meters deep, and is shaped like an elongated heart. Despite its appearance it is not an impact crater from a meteor nor a volcanic crater formed by a volcanic eruption.
The only settlement in the area is the small town of Mitzpe Ramon (מצפה רמון, "Ramon Lookout") located on the northern edge of the depression. Today the area forms Israel's largest national park, the Ramon Nature Reserve.
MakhteshRamon (Hebrew: מכתש רמון; lit. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh; Arabic: وادي الرمان; lit. The Ruman Wadi) is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert...
rocks and diverse fauna and flora. The best known and largest makhtesh is MakhteshRamon. Although commonly referred to as "craters", these formations...
world's largest erosion cirque, known as the MakhteshRamon. In 2022 it had a population of 5,263. Mitzpe Ramon was founded in 1951 as a camp for the workers...
northwest of the town Mitzpe Ramon. The base and the town got their names from the huge "erosion crater" MakhteshRamon south of it. The base is also...
Hatira. Makhtesh Gadol was discovered and named before MakhteshRamon, which is the largest known makhtesh. This can lead to confusion and Makhtesh Gadol...
jointed sandstone of the HaMinsara (Carpentry Shop) in the makhtesh (erosion cirque) of MakhteshRamon, Negev desert, Israel. There are several examples of...
Negev highlands. This erosional cirque or makhtesh was formed by intermittent river flow in the MakhteshRamon cutting through layers of limestone and chalk...
Negev region are the craterlike makhteshim cirques; MakhteshRamon, Makhtesh Gadol and Makhtesh Katan. The Negev is also sub-divided into five different...
Mycenae, Argolis, 13th cent. B.C. Remains of a Nabataean cistern north of MakhteshRamon, southern Israel Cistern known as Tekir ambarı in Silifke, Mersin Province...
of the Red Sea. Makhtesh, or "erosion cirques" are unique to the Negev and the Sinai Peninsula, the largest being the MakhteshRamon at 38 km in length...
Plateau-cooled air falls into the MakhteshRamon, traced by radiation fog, just after dawn. Radiative cooling of the desert highlands chills the air, making...
HaMakhtesh HaKatan (Hebrew: הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ הַקָּטָן, lit. The Small Crater) or simply Makhtesh HaKatan or Makhtesh Katan, is a makhtesh, a geological erosional...
Upper Muschelkalk and Lower Keuper; N. haasi and N. tchernovi from MakhteshRamon, Israel; N. cymatosauroides from the Spanish Muschelkalk; N. jagisteus...
the new genus Coelophysis. Authentic Tanystropheus specimens from the MakhteshRamon in Israel were described as a new species, T. haasi, in 2001. However...
and flora. The best known and largest makhtesh is MakhteshRamon. Other makhteshim are Makhtesh Gadol, Makhtesh Katan and Mount Arif. Sepphoris was an...
chalk, marly chalk and conglomeratic chalk unit exposed throughout the MakhteshRamon region of southern Israel and parts of northern Israel (Avni, 1991)...
fabricators and installers. The company inaugurated a new factory in Mitzpe Ramon in January 2000. In 2000, there were 650 stone-cutting enterprises run by...
between the site of Moyat Awad in the Arabah valley and Avdat by way of MakhteshRamon. Nabataean or Roman Nabataean sites have been found and excavated at...
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