The truth that final winter the Kinneret didn’t attain its present degree till late February, additionally guarantees that the lake ought to attain its most degree this yr.
The heavy rains over the previous week have seen the extent of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) rise by 16 centimeters to 209.795 meters under sea degree, simply 99.5 centimeters from its most degree. The Israel Water Authority introduced this morning that the extent of the Kinneret has risen six centimeters over the earlier 24 hours.
With the bottom now saturated, regardless of the dry spell within the second half of December and first half of January, hopes have now been rekindled that for the primary time since 1992 the dam at Deganya must be opened to forestall the lake from flooding its banks, permitting extra water to circulation south down the River Jordan to the Useless Sea. Greater than 200 millimeters of rain have fallen on some components of the Galilee over the previous week in addition to heavy snow on Mount Hermon, in order that the heavy circulation of water within the area’s streams that feed the Kinneret is now assured
The Kinneret started the winter at its highest degree for years, after nicely above common rainfall over the previous two winters and at one level in late April the lake got here inside 12 centimeters of being full. The truth that final winter the Kinneret didn’t attain its present degree of lower than a meter from the utmost degree till late February, additionally guarantees that the lake ought to attain its most degree this yr.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on January 20, 2021
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