Table 1.
Galil | Golan | Lowland | Central Mountains | Negev | |
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Soil type | Terra rossa, but also rendzina | Basaltic grumusols and lithosols | Brown soils and rendzina | Rendzina and terra rossa | Brown lithosols and loessial serozems |
Hydrological setting | Moderate to strong sloping | Moderate slopes may exceed 10%. | Flat to moderate sloping | Moderate to strong sloping | mostly moderate |
Altitude (m) | 270–850 | 100–1200 | 40–320 | 550–930 | 100–800 |
T spring max. (°C) | 27 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 32 |
T spring min. (°C) | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
T summer max. (°C) | 30 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 34 |
T summer min.(°C) | 19 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
RH spring max. (mm) | 73 | 89 | 82 | 71 | 80 |
RH spring min. (mm) | 34 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 20 |
RH summer max. (mm) | 91 | 93 | 86 | 93 | 87 |
RH summer min. (mm) | 45 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 30 |
Annual rainfall (mm) | 520–840 | 430–950 | 500–600 | 530–690 | 70–380 |
Solar radiation (NJ/m2) | 18.5 | 19 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 20 |