Banias River

The Banias is a river flowing from the to . It is the easternmost of the three main northern tributaries of the ; together with the Dan River and the Hasbani River, it forms the Jordan River's upper catchment.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 85 metres (279 feet)
  • Description: river
  • Also known as
    “Banvasi”
    “Banyas”
    “Banyas River”
    “Hermon River”
    “Nahal Banias”
    “Nahal Banyas”
    “Nahal Hermon”
    “Nahr Banias”
    “Nahr Bāniyās”
    “Nahr el Bānyāsī”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horshat Tal Campsite and Helicopters Disaster Site.
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Hurshat Tal is a national park and nature reserve in the of .
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is a park.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include HaGoshrim and Dafna.
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is a kibbutz in the in northern , 5 km east of .
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is a kibbutz in the in northern .
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is a moshav in northern .

Banias River

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Latitude
33.21316° or 33° 12′ 47″ north
Longitude
35.6293° or 35° 37′ 46″ east
Open location code
8G5Q6J7H+7P
Geo­Names ID
171828
Wiki­data ID
Q1410413

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Banias River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر بانياس الجولان”
  • Arabic: “نهر بانياس”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Banyas”
  • Bulgarian: “Баниас”
  • Cebuano: “Naẖal H̱ermon”
  • Chinese: “巴尼亞斯河”
  • Chinese: “班尼亞斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Баниаси”
  • Czech: “Banias”
  • Czech: “Nachal Chermon”
  • Czech: “Nahal Hermon”
  • Dutch: “Banyas”
  • French: “Baniyas”
  • German: “Banyas”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Μπανιάς”
  • Hebrew: “Naẖal H̱ermon”
  • Hebrew: “בניאס”
  • Hebrew: “מסלול הטיול בנחל חרמון”
  • Hebrew: “נחל בניאס”
  • Hebrew: “נחל חרמון”
  • Hebrew: “נחל פניאס”
  • Hebrew: “פניאס”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Banias”
  • Irish: “Banyas”
  • Italian: “Banyas”
  • Latin: “Banyas”
  • Macedonian: “Банијас”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banias”
  • Norwegian: “Banias”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Banias”
  • Romanian: “Râul Banias”
  • Russian: “Баниас”
  • Russian: “Банияс”
  • Russian: “Хермон”
  • Spanish: “Rio Banias”
  • Spanish: “Río Banias”
  • Urdu: “دریائے بانیاس”

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Localities in the Area

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