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Geographically, the over 13,000km² Negev forms an inverted triangle whose western side is continuous with the desert of the Sinai peninsula, and whose eastern border is the Wadi Arabah.
Its central city is Beersheba (pop. around 200,000), in the north. The southern end is at the Gulf of Eilat and the resort town of Eilat. Other towns include Dimona and Mizpe Ramon, and a number of Bedouin towns, including Rahat and Tel Sheva .
The Negev has a number of interesting cultural and geological features. Among these are three enormous, craterlike erosion cirques or machteshim, which are unique to the region: ha-Machtesh ha-Gadol ("The Big Crater"), ha-Machtesh ha-Katan ("The Small Crater") and Machtesh Ramon (" Ramon Crater "). The last is the biggest of all, in fact - it is probably the largest natural craterThis article is about impact craters. For volcanic craters, see Caldera. For the constellation, see Crater (constellation). A crater basin or impact crater is a circular depression on the surface of a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body. Crate on Earth (it was not formed by asteroidAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no impact).
Negev is also the name of an IMI light machine gunA light machine gun LMG is a machine gun that is designed to be portable. Trained individuals using light machine guns are generally able to fire it from the hip, although they are much more accurate if used when prone, even more so if used with a bipod., designated IMI NegevThe IMI Negev is a light-weight, 5. 56 mm calibre, belt-fed, bipod mounted, Israeli machine gun used as a squad assault weapon (SAW). It is being promoted as the standard light machine gun for all branches of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The IMI Negev.