page_title: Jordan River
section_title: Tributaries
hierarchical_section_title: Jordan River / Geography / Tributaries
caption_attribution_description: עברית: פיתולי הירדן במבט מן האוויר, 1938
context_page_description: The Jordan River or River Jordan, also known as Nahr Al Sharieat, is a 251-kilometre-long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea. Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east, while the West Bank and Israel lie to its west. Both Jordan and the West Bank take their names from the river.
  The river holds major significance in Judaism and Christianity since the Bible says that the Israelites crossed it into the Promised Land and that Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist in it.
context_section_description: The streams coming together to create the River Jordan in its upper basin are, west to east:
  Iyyon (Hebrew: עיון Iyyon), Arabic name: Ajoun stream, but دردره Dardara for the uppermost course and براغيث Bareighith or Beregeith for the rest of its course, a stream which flows from Merj 'Ayun area in southern Lebanon.
  Hasbani (Arabic: الحاصباني Hasbani, Hebrew: either שניר Snir or Hatzbani), a stream which flows from the north-western foot of Mount Hermon in Lebanon, with a flow of 118 million m³ annually.
  Dan (Arabic: اللدان Leddan or Liddan, Hebrew: דן Dan), the largest among the Jordan's upper course tributaries with c. 240-252 million cubic metres per year, about twice as much as the Hasbani or the Banias, a stream whose source is also at the base of Mount Hermon.
  Banias (Arabic: بانياس Banias, Hebrew: either Banias or חרמון Hermon), a stream arising from a spring at Banias at the foot of Mount Hermon, with a flow of 106 million m³ annually, and
  Nahal Sion or Nahal Assal (Hebrew) / Wadi el-'Asl or Assal (Arabic) as its major tributary.
  South of the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River receives the waters of further tributaries, the main ones, both coming from the east (Jordan), being
  Yarmouk, the largest tributary of the lower course of the River Jordan, which forms the border between Syria and Jordan and then Jordan and Israel
  Zarqa, the second-largest tributary of the lower Jordan River.
  Smaller tributaries or "side wadis" / "side streams" in this segment are, north to south
  
  - from the east (6–10 in total)
  Wadi al-'Arab
  Wadi Ziqlab
  Wadi al-Yabis
  Wadi Kafranja or Kufrinjah passing near Ajloun
  Wadi Rajib, the last before Wadi Zarqa
  Wadi Nimrin
  - from the west
  Nahal Yavne'el
  Nahal Tavor (Tabor Stream)
  Nahal Yissakhar
  Nahal Harod
  Nahal Bezeq, on the border between Israel and the West Bank, between Mount Gilboa and the Samaria Mountains
  Wadi Malih/Milkha from the Samaria Mountains
  Wadi al-Far'a coming from the Nablus area
  Wadi Auja (Arabic) or Nahal Yitav (Hebrew)
  Wadi Qeltcoming down from the Judean mountains and passing through Jericho
caption: Aerial view, 1938
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