The Wadi al-Hawa (); also known as Wādī al-Fākhūra or Wādī al-Zakī is a river located in the Golan Heights, within the Quneitra Governorate of Syria. The stream is referred to by Israeli authorities as the Meshushim Stream (), and, under Israeli occupation, it is administered as part of the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve.Meshushim Stream, (part of) Yehudiya Nature Reserve, an Israel Nature and Parks Authority brochure, accessed january 2022.
35 km long, it starts from the foothills of Mount Avital and discharges via the Butayhah Basin into the Sea of Galilee."The Meshushim Stream and Meshushim Pool (Pool of Hexagons) in the Yehudia Nature Reserve" at galilandgolan.com.
The stream owes its Hebrew name to the hexagonal basalt columns visible on the banks in the central part of its course. A prominent example of this kind of geology and a tourist attraction is the Hexagon Pool.
Of the many affluents from the steam's 160 km2 drainage area, the most prominent ones are the and the intermittent .
It is the only river in the Quneitra Governorate not impounded in reservoirs.
See also List of rivers of Syria
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