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This is a list of rivers of Israel.This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Nahal (Hebrew, wiktionary:נחל) and Wadi (Arabic) commonly translate to Stream, more seldom River.
Pages in category "Rivers of Israel" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of rivers of ...
The Dan and Hasbani rivers merge near the kibbutz Sde Nehemia in northern Israel and become the Jordan river. The Hasbani (Arabic: الحاصباني Hasbani , Hebrew: either שניר Snir or Hatzbani ) is a stream which flows from the north-western foot of Mount Hermon in Lebanon , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] with a flow of 118 million m 3 annually. [ 13 ]
The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River or Jarkon River [1] (Hebrew: נחל הירקון, Nahal HaYarkon; Arabic: نهر العوجا, Nahr al-Auja), is a river in central Israel. The source of the Yarkon ("Greenish" in Hebrew) is at Tel Afek (Antipatris) , north of Petah Tikva .
In Israel the Rift Valley is dominated by the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee (an important freshwater source also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Kinneret), and the Dead Sea. [19] The Jordan , Israel's largest river (322 kilometers (200 mi)), originates in the Dan , Baniyas , and Hasbani rivers near Mount Hermon in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains ...
Nahal Taninim is the cleanest of Israel's coastal rivers. [1] Three waterways meet in Nahal Taninim: the natural stream, a Roman aqueduct extending from the Zabrin springs to Caesarea, and Mifale Menashe, the waterworks that collect surface runoff water and springwater, routing it into the subterranean water table.
Today, the lower part of the river, close to the Jordan Valley, forms part of the border between Israel and Jordan. Further upstream it forms part of the border between Syria and Jordan (a border largely inherited from the 1923 Franco-British Boundary Agreement). The area of Al-Hamma, or Hamat Gader in the valley is held by Israel but claimed ...
The Kishon River is a 70-kilometre-long (43 mi) perennial stream in Israel. Its furthest source is the Gilboa mountains, and it flows in a west-northwesterly direction through the Jezreel Valley, emptying into the Haifa Bay in the Mediterranean Sea. [4]