HaMakhtesh HaGadol

'Hamakhtesh HaGadol' (Ibraniyawa: , lit. Babban Crater) ko kuma kawai Makhtesh HaHadol ko Makhtesh Gadol, makhtesh ne, yanayin ƙasa na lalacewar ƙasa na hamadar Negev ta Isra'ila. Ya auna 5 x 10 km. The Makhteshim Country and the connected Great Rift Valley Segment

Makhtesh yana da ganuwar dutse mai tsayayya da ke kewaye da kwarin da aka rufe mai zurfi. Ɗaya daga cikin makhteshim biyar a Isra'ila da bakwai a duniya, HaMakhtesh HaGadol shine na biyu mafi girma, kuma kogi ɗaya, Nahal Hatira ne ke zubar da shi. An gano Makhtesh Gadol kuma an sanya masa suna kafin Makhtesh Ramon, wanda shine mafi girman makhtesh da aka sani. Wannan na iya haifar da rikice-rikice kuma saboda haka Makhtesh Gadol a halin yanzu ana kiransa Makhtesh Yeruham ko Yeruham Crater.

HaMakhtesh HaGadol yana kusa da Yeruham, Garin ci gaba farko na Isra'ila, wanda aka kafa a farkon kwanakin jihar. An zaɓi wurin ne saboda an yi tunanin yankin yana da wadataccen albarkatun kasa.Livni, Shimshon (1994). Gardus, Yehuda; Shmuel, Avshalom (eds.). The Land of the Negev (English title) (in Hebrew). Ministry of Defense Publishing. p. 588.

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