As part of the activities of the Desert Flood Research Center (DFRC), systematic monitoring of flood frequency and intensity is conducted at stream–road crossings along three main routes in southern Israel: Route 90 (from Eilat to Lido Junction), Route 40 (from Eilat to Midreshet Ben-Gurion), and Route 12.
The goal of this monitoring is to establish a long-term database that will serve as a foundation for future hydrological research and to make the information accessible to the public.
Monitoring has been carried out consistently following each potentially flood-inducing event since 2020 in the Dead Sea and the Central Negev, and since 2018 in the Southern Negev and Arava. Despite the relatively short duration of the dataset, several initial trends have been identified, including a decrease in flood frequency during the autumn season and an increase in flood occurrences in the northern Dead Sea region throughout the hydrological year.
Future research plans aim to expand the data infrastructure by including monitoring of streams that are not located at road crossings, conducting cross-sectional measurements in desert streams, and estimating peak discharges following flood events.
