Negev Desert

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel, covering over 13,000 square kilometers and making up more than half of the country's land area. Historically, the region was part of a separate region known as Arabia Petraea, but was added to Mandatory Palestine in 1922 and later allotted to the Jewish State in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. The Negev is home to a diverse range of ecosystems, including rocky mountains, wadis, and deep craters, and has been recognized as one of the world's top regional travel destinations, with Lonely Planet rating it second in 2012.learn more on wikipedia