text: This is actually a huge crater ( makhtesh in Hebrew ) , said to be the largest of its kind in the world , measuring 40 km ( 24 miles ) by 9 km ( 51.2 miles ) , and resembling a crosebetween the Grand Canyon in America and a giant pitted moonscape .
  
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  This crater is reputed to be the largest of that type in the world .