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.
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- Description: Jordanian river near Amman, tributary to the lower Jordan River
- Also known as“Jabbok”“Nahr el Zerka”“Nahr ez Zerqa”“River Zarqa”“River Zerka”“Sayl az Zarqā’”“Seil ez Zarqā”“Wādī ‘Ayn Ghazāl”“Wadi Ain Ghazal”“Wādī az Zarqā’”“Wadi Zerka”
Places of Interest
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Tall Damiyah
Archaeological site
Tall Damiyah is an Iron-Age archaeological site in Jordan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masua and Al-Jiftlik.
Al-Jiftlik
Al-Jiftlik is a Palestinian village in the…
5 km northwest of Zarqa River
Zarqa River
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Latitude
32.11491° or 32° 6′ 54″ north
Longitude
35.54256° or 35° 32′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G4Q4G7V+X2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Zarqa River” goes by many names.
سيل الزرقاءArabic
نهر التماسيحArabic
نهر الزرقاArabic
نهر الزرقاءArabic
Ríu ZarqaAsturian
ZarqaBasque
Zarqa (ibaia)Basque
Эз-ЗаркаBelarusian
Эз-Зарка (рака)Belarusian
JabbokCatalan
JabocCatalan
Nahr az Zarqā’Cebuano
扎卡河Chinese
ZarkáCzech
JabbokDutch
ZarqaDutch
نهر الزرقاءEgyptian Arabic
ZarqaFinnish
Ζάρκα ποταμόςGreek
ΤζαμπόκGreek
יבוקHebrew
נחל יבוקHebrew
Sungai ZarqaIndonesian
Abhainn ZarqaIrish
ZarqaItalian
ザルカ川Japanese
ヤボク川Japanese
얍복강Korean
JabokasLithuanian
ZarkaLithuanian
ZarqaNorwegian
ZarqaNorwegian Bokmål
ZarqaelvaNorwegian Nynorsk
رود زرقاPersian
Râul ZarqaRomanian
Сейль-эз-ЗаркаRussian
Эз-ЗаркаRussian
ЯббокRussian
ZarkaSlovenian
Zarka (reka)Slovenian
Blå flodenSwedish
JabbokSwedish
Nahr az-ZarqaSwedish
Nahr ez-ZarqaSwedish
Ез-ЗаркаUkrainian
ЗаркаUkrainian
ЯббокUkrainian
دریائے زرقاUrdu
Afon ZarqaWelsh
دریاۓ زرقاWestern Panjabi
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