The
Hula Valley (,
translit. Emek HaHula; also transliterated as
Huleh Valley) is an
agricultural region in northern
Israel with abundant fresh water. It is a major stopover for birds migrating along the
Syrian-African Rift Valley between
Africa,
Europe, and
Asia. The marshland around Lake Hula, a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying
malaria, was drained in the 1950s. A small section of the valley was later reflooded in an attempt to revive a nearly extinct
ecosystem. An estimated 500 million migrating birds now pass through the Hula Lake Park every year.