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it is one of the valleys of Jordan, specifically the northern region, where the good climate and favorable environment along the valley have contributed to its settlement throughout the ages. In the past, the importance of the region stems from its location as a point of intersection of ancient civilizations and near the main road junctions that connected the Roman cities known as the Ten Cities to each other and then on the Levantine Hajj Road.
Wadi Shalala is the main valley in it and it penetrates "the first large and fertile agricultural area within the Hawran plains . It is connected to the valley by a group of sub-valleys such as Wadi Al-Yisilah, Raan, Rahob, Khudair, Shiha, Shomer, Ain Ghazal, and Aguj. The valley still maintains about twelve springs. Water.
This study came to reinforce "to show the positive role in attracting settlement to the area surrounding the valley by presenting a summary of the geographical nature of the valley and its impact on the nature of settlement, and by presenting the most important archaeological sites scattered along the valley which prove the human settlement there throughout the ages and his wisdom." In the exploitation of lands and resources since the Neolithic period at the Shalaf site, passing through the Copper, Bronze, Iron, Classical and Islamic eras in the sites of Tel Umm Green, Khirbat al-Zirqun , Tal al-Fukhari, al-Muallaqa, al-Yisailah, Khirbet Majed and even Dinaibah overlooking the meeting point of Wadi Shalala with the Yarmouk River .
When exploring the area along the valley, it is possible to see a group of archaeological tunnels carved into the rock deep in the hills that form the banks of the Valley of Shalala, which lead long distances in the depth and in several directions, and some of them burst out of water eyes.
The presence of the remains of the Roman bridge indicates the importance of the region during this period, as the bridge connects the two ends of the abyssal valley in an area that is difficult to cross from without the presence of such a bridge.
We also find Roman and Byzantine cemeteries carved with rocks spread in many and scattered locations in the valley and the areas near it until it reaches the town of Tora .
The length of the valley 19 km Shallaleh, starts from the town of Hawara, and ends in the valley of the Yarmouk River, and walking in the axis tilted from the south - east to the north - west, with a total area of 394 km basin
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