Hexagon Pool
lake in Israel
The Hexagon Pool (Hebrew: בריכת המשושים, Breichat HaMeshushim) is a natural pool by the Meshushim River in the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve, the central Golan Heights.
The pool, at the bottom of a canyon, is named after the shape of the hexagonal basalt columns that make up its walls. This geological formation was created by the slow cooling of layers of lava flows over a long period. When the lava solidified and cooled, it was split into polygonal shapes due to its contraction.
Hydrology and Flora
The Meshushim Stream flows for approximately 20 kilometers from the northern Golan Heights down to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). While it is fed by natural springs and central tributaries like the Zavitan and Katzrin streams in its lower sections, its natural flow is significantly affected by the massive water management and collection systems in the Golan Heights, which include artificial reservoirs built near its headwaters. While historical deforestation, particularly during the Ottoman era, depleted much of the region's woodlands, the surrounding Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve is undergoing gradual ecological recovery. The plant life enveloping the canyon and trail features scattered Mediterranean flora, predominantly Mount Tabor oak (Quercus ithaburensis), alongside officinal storax, Atlantic pistachio, Syrian ash, and Christ's thorn jujube. Near the water's edge, riparian vegetation such as oleander (Nerium oleander) and willows exist.The steep eastern cliffs of the canyon provide nesting sites for various birds.
Geology
A cascade of water, such as a waterfall, created the pool.
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