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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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river
  • Also known as: “Banvasi”, “Banyas”, “Banyas River”, “Hermon River”, “Nahal Banias”, “Nahal Banyas”, “Nahal Hermon”, “Nahr Banias”, “Nahr Bāniyās”, and “Nahr el Bānyāsī”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horshat Tal Campsite and Helicopters Disaster Site.

Campsite
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Hurshat Tal is a national park and nature reserve in the of . In 1968, 765 dunams were declared national park lands and 107 dunams were declared a nature reserve.

Park
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is a park.

Hotel
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include HaGoshrim and Dafna.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northern , 5 km east of . The kibbutz is adjacent to the Hurshat Tal National Park and bisected by tributaries of the , the Snir, Koren, itself a tributary of the Dan and Tal.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northern . Located seven kilometres east of and surrounded by three streams of the Dan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located on the west bank of the Hasbani River, about 5 kilometres from , its 3,500 dunams fall under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of 2024, it had a population of 1,106.

Banias River

Latitude
33.21316° or 33° 12′ 47″ north
Longitude
35.6293° or 35° 37′ 46″ east
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q6J7H+7P
Geo­Names ID
171828
Wiki­data ID
Q1410413
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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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