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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: Jordanian river near Amman, tributary to the lower Jordan River
- Also known as: “Nahr el Zerka”, “Nahr ez Zerqa”, “River Zarqa”, “River Zerka”, “Sayl az Zarqa‘”, “Sayl az Zarqā’”, “Seil ez Zarqā”, “Wādī ‘Ayn Ghazāl”, “Wadi Ain Ghazal”, “Wādī az Zarqā’”, “Wadi Zerka”, “ナフル・アズ・ザルカ”, “ナフル・アル・ザルカ”, “ナフル・エズ・ザルカ”, “ヤボク”, “ワディ・アズ・ザルカ”, “ワディ・アル・ザルカ”, and “ワディ・エズ・ザルカ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tall Damiyah.
Tall Damiyah
Archaeological site
Tall Damiyah is an Iron-Age archaeological site in Jordan. It is located in the Central Jordan Valley in the Balqa Governorate and is identified by most scholars with the historical and biblical city of Adama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masua and Al-Jiftlik.
Masua
Village
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Masua, also transliterated as Massu'a, is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, with an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Masua is situated 5 km west of Zarqa River.
Al-Jiftlik
Village
Al-Jiftlik is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, located 33 kilometers north of Jericho. Al Jiftlik is bordered by the Jordan River to the east. Al-Jiftlik is situated 5 km northwest of Zarqa River.
Marj Al-Ghazal
Village
Marj Al-Ghazal is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the West Bank, located 34.8 kilometers north of Jericho. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Marj Al-Ghazal had a population of 243 in the 2017 census. 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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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Zarqa River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيل الزرقاء”
- Arabic: “نهر التماسيح”
- Arabic: “نهر الزرقا”
- Arabic: “نهر الزرقاء”
- Asturian: “Ríu Zarqa”
- Basque: “Zarqa (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Zarqa”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Catalan: “Jabbok”
- 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: “Jabbok”
- French: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- French: “Yabboq”
- German: “Jabbok”
- German: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- German: “Wadi az-Zarqa”
- Greek: “Ζάρκα ποταμός”
- Greek: “Τζαμπόκ”
- Hebrew: “יבוק”
- Hebrew: “נחל יבוק”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Zarqa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Zarqa”
- Italian: “Zarqa”
- Japanese: “ザルカ川”
- Japanese: “ヤボク川”
- Korean: “얍복강”
- Lithuanian: “Jabokas”
- Lithuanian: “Zarka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zarqa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zarqaelva”
- Norwegian: “Zarqa”
- Persian: “رود زرقا”
- Portuguese: “Jabbok”
- Portuguese: “Jaboque”
- Portuguese: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- Portuguese: “Rio jabbok”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jaboque”
- Romanian: “Râul Zarqa”
- Russian: “Сейль-эз-Зарка”
- Russian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Russian: “Яббок”
- Slovenian: “Zarka (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Zarka”
- Spanish: “Río Zarqa”
- Swedish: “Blå floden”
- Swedish: “Jabbok”
- Swedish: “Nahr az-Zarqa”
- Swedish: “Nahr ez-Zarqa”
- Ukrainian: “Ез-Зарка”
- Ukrainian: “Зарка”
- Ukrainian: “Яббок”
- Urdu: “دریائے زرقا”
- Welsh: “Afon Zarqa”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ زرقا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mashra‘ Abū Gharbah and Damiyah Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jisr Dāmiyā and Tall Damiyah.
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