Zarqa River
The Zarqa River is the second largest tributary of the lower Jordan River, after the Yarmouk River. It is the third largest river in the region by annual discharge and its watershed encompasses the most densely populated areas east of the Jordan River.
- Type: Stream
- Description: Jordanian river near Amman, tributary to the lower Jordan River
- Also known as: “Blå floden”, “Jabokas”, “Jaboque”, “Nahr az-Zarqa”, “Nahr el Zerka”, “Nahr ez Zerqa”, “Rio jabbok”, “River Zarqa”, “River Zerka”, “Sayl az Zarqa‘”, “Sayl az Zarqā’”, “Seil ez Zarqā”, “Wādī ‘Ayn Ghazāl”, “Wadi Ain Ghazal”, “Wādī az Zarqā’”, “Wadi az-Zarqa”, “Wadi Zerka”, “Yabboq”, “Τζαμπόκ”, “Зарка”, “Яббок”, “יבוק”, “نهر التماسيح”, “نهر الزرقا”, and “ヤボク川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tall Damiyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masua and Al-Jiftlik.
Masua
Village
Al-Jiftlik
Village
Al-Jiftlik is a Palestinian village in the… Al-Jiftlik is situated 5 km northwest of Zarqa River.
Marj Al-Ghazal
Village
Marj Al-Ghazal is a Palestinian village in the… Marj Al-Ghazal is situated 6 km north of Zarqa River.
Zarqa River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.11491° or 32° 6′ 54″ north
Longitude
35.54256° or 35° 32′ 33″ east
Elevation
-354 metres (-1,161 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q4G7V+X2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Zarqa River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيل الزرقاء”
- Arabic: “نهر الزرقاء”
- Asturian: “Ríu Zarqa”
- Basque: “Zarqa (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Zarqa”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Catalan: “Jaboc”
- Cebuano: “Nahr az Zarqā‘”
- Cebuano: “Nahr az Zarqā’”
- Chinese: “扎卡河”
- Czech: “Zarká”
- Dutch: “Jabbok”
- Dutch: “Zarqa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الزرقاء”
- Finnish: “Zarqa”
- French: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- German: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- Greek: “Ζάρκα ποταμός”
- Hebrew: “נחל יבוק”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Zarqa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Zarqa”
- Italian: “Zarqa”
- Japanese: “ザルカ川”
- Korean: “얍복강”
- Lithuanian: “Zarka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zarqa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zarqaelva”
- Norwegian: “Zarqa”
- Persian: “رود زرقا”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jaboque”
- Romanian: “Râul Zarqa”
- Russian: “Сейль-эз-Зарка”
- Russian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Slovenian: “Zarka (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Zarka”
- Spanish: “Río Zarqa”
- Swedish: “Jabbok”
- Ukrainian: “Ез-Зарка”
- Urdu: “دریائے زرقا”
- Welsh: “Afon Zarqa”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ زرقا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mashra‘ Abū Gharbah and Damiyah Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Jisr Dāmiyā and Tall Damiyah.
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