The Ein Gedi National Park is the biggest and the most important oasis in Israel. The park is found in the Dead Sea Valley, which is an effect of the Great Rift Valley.In the park there are two sprung-fed rivers that streams for the all year: the ''David Stream'' and the ''Arugot Stream'', and two more springs the Shulamit and Ein Gedi springs, also flow in the reserve.Ein Gedi
http://www.eingedi.co.il/HTMLs/home.aspx Kibbutz is a kibbutz located few dozens of meters southern than the park. In the kibbutz there is a beautiful botanic garden
http://www.eingedi.dead-sea.k12.il/garden/botanicgarden.htm with more than 900 species from the entire world. The garden, that covers about 100 dunam, is the only botanic garden in the world with a settlement. http://wikitravel.org/en/Ein Gedi