Hod Hasharon Park
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| Hod Hasharon Park | |
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| Nahal Hadar Park | |
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| Location | South Hod Hasharon, Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°07′57″N 34°53′19″E / 32.13250°N 34.88861°ECoordinates: 32°07′57″N 34°53′19″E / 32.13250°N 34.88861°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Area | 27,000 sqm |
Hod Hasharon Park (Nahal Hadar Park) is a park in the southern part of Hod Hasharon, Israel. The park includes a hill, which was formerly used as the municipal landfill of Hod Hasharon, and today serves as a recreational and viewing area for the park. From the summit of the hill, also known as "Har HaKayamot," one can see Hod Hasharon, the settlements of the South Sharon Regional Council, Tel Aviv, Herzliya, and Samaria.[1][2]
Adjacent to the hill, the largest ecological lake in Israel has been established, covering an area of 27,000 sqm. The lake's water comes from purified well water originating from the Kfar Saba-Hod Hasharon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The lake water is channeled down the channel of Nahal Hadar and from there it flows to Nahal Yarkon. In the park area, a variety of waterbirds, ducks, geese, mallards, and songbirds can be observed. Softshell turtles, nutria, and various species of fish have also been spotted in the water.[3]
History[edit]
In the first stage, the "Green Ponds" project was developed for the purification of well water using biological means by channeling the well water into ponds with a layer of gravel and planting various water plants above it, which filter the water. The purified water is channeled (since May 2014) along the Nahal Hadar channel towards the Yarkon River. This water is not intended for bathing but improves the quantity and quality of water in the Yarkon compared to the situation that lasted for many years.
Adjacent and south of the Green Ponds was the former Nahal Hadar outlet to Nahal Kaneh. In the 1950s, Nahal Kaneh was diverted eastward to prevent flooding of agricultural lands downstream of the river, and the historical course of Nahal Kaneh was "absorbed" by Nahal Hadar. At the historic confluence of the rivers, pointed willow trees grow in the riverbed, indicating high groundwater levels. From the Yarkon along the river, there is a dense eucalyptus belt and rare vegetation of Avcana.
West of the "Green Ponds" is Tel Kaneh. This low hill is covered with reed thickets, but the hill is named after the nearby Nahal Kaneh. An explanatory sign about the history of the hill is located on the south side of the hill.
The more prominent hill in the area, which served as the municipal landfill of Hod Hasharon until the mid-1990s. A winding dirt road leads up the hill from the west, passable for off-road vehicles and bicycles but not for private cars.
The expansive area between the landfill hill and the Yarkon River was once cultivated by Petah Tikva farmers, who planted a wide orchard called Pardes Bachar-Ya (or Bachariya), the first Hebrew orchard between Petah Tikva and Hadera. The orchard was uprooted in the late 1990s, and two remains were left on the site - the Orchard House (a two-story building in the center of the cultivated area, with a dangerous entrance), and a bridge at the confluence of the Hadar Stream to the Yarkon River. This bridge was built in the 1930s (on the channel of the Cana Stream at the time) and served as a crossing for carts carrying fruit crates. Today, the Israel National Trail passes through this bridge.
Geographic location[edit]
The park is located in southern Hod Hasharon, at the edge of an industrial area and near an old landfill (no longer in use), and its main feature is an ecological pond serving as a natural body of water. To give it a natural appearance, the banks were treated and water and stream plants typical of the region were added.
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The ecological pond
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The Sustainability Mountain
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hod Hasharon Park". iNature.info. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ Moshe Gilad (June 2, 2021). "Despite the damage we've done, it's still possible to repair and restore some of nature's dignity". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ Lev Tsimbler (March 21, 2023). "Hod HaSharon Park – Park by Ecological Lake – Visitors Guide". Israel in Photos. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
External links[edit]
Media related to Hod Hasharon Park at Wikimedia Commons
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