Arava

Arava or Aravah is the Hebrew name of a section of the Great Rift Valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat in Israel and Jordan. Its Arabic name is Arabah.

Arava may also refer to:

Places

• Arava, Estonia, a village in Anija Parish, Harju County, Estonia
• Arava(h) / Araba(h) Valley-related:
  • Arava Stream, an intermittent stream
  • Sea of Arava, the Dead Sea

Other uses

• Arava Valley-related:
  • Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, an Israeli study programme
  • Arava Power Company, an Israeli solar energy company
  • Arava spider, a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan
  • IAI Arava, a plane manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries
• Arava, a brand name for the antirheumatic drug leflunomide
• Arava Shahaf (born 1990), Israeli female footballer
• Aravah (Sukkot), a willow branch, one of the four species used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot

See also

• Arraba (disambiguation)
• Araba (disambiguation)