It covers an area of some 12,000 sq km (4,600 square miles) from Beersheba in the north to the Gulf of Eilat in the south over half of Israel.
It's an area where fewer people live because the climate is harsher.
mnli hypothesis: It's an area where fewer people live because the climate is harsher. premise: It covers an area of some 12,000 sq km (4,600 square miles) from Beersheba in the north to the Gulf of Eilat in the south over half of Israel.