Yarkon River
The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River or Jarkon River, is a river in central Israel. The source of the Yarkon is at Tel Afek, north of Petah Tikva. It flows west through Gush Dan and Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park into the Mediterranean Sea.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Israel
- Also known as: “Audja”, “Auja”, “çemê Ewca”, “Jarkon River”, “Me-Jarkon”, “Mei Hay Yarqōn”, “Nahal Yarkon”, “Nahal Yarqon”, “Nahr el ‘Auja”, “Rio Yarkon”, “Yarqon”, “Yarqon River”, “Հա Յարկոն”, “Հայարկոն”, “הירקון”, “נהר הירקון”, “أبو فِطرس”, and “اليركون”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Yarkon River Mouth Lighthouse and Reading Power Station.
Levant Fair
Commercial area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kochav HaTsafon and Tokhnit Lamed.
Kochav HaTsafon
Suburb
Yarkon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.10267° or 32° 6′ 10″ north
Longitude
34.77687° or 34° 46′ 37″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8G4P4Q3G+3P
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Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Yarkon River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر العوجا”
- Armenian: “Յարկոն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yarkon”
- Basque: “Yarkon”
- Belarusian: “Яркон”
- Catalan: “Riu Yarkon”
- Cebuano: “Naẖal Yarqon”
- Chinese: “亚尔孔河”
- Chinese: “雅孔河”
- Chuvash: “Яркон”
- Czech: “Jarkon”
- Dutch: “Jarkon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر العوجا”
- Finnish: “Jarkon”
- French: “Yarkon”
- Galician: “Río Yarkon”
- German: “Yarkon”
- Greek: “Γιαρκόν”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Γιαρκόν”
- Hebrew: “Naẖal Yarkon”
- Hebrew: “ירקון”
- Hebrew: “נחל הירקון”
- Hebrew: “נחל ירקון”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarkon”
- Irish: “Nahr al-Auja”
- Italian: “Yarkon”
- Kurdish: “çemê Yarkon”
- Malayalam: “യാർക്കോൺ നദി”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yarkon”
- Polish: “Jarkon”
- Portuguese: “Jarcom”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jarcom”
- Romanian: “Râul Yarkon”
- Russian: “Яркон”
- Slovenian: “Jarkon”
- South Azerbaijani: “یارکون چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Yarkon”
- Swedish: “Yarkonfloden”
- Turkish: “Yarkon Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Яркон”
- Venetian: “Fiume Yarkon”
- Welsh: “Afon Yarkon”
- Yiddish: “ירקון”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tel Aviv and Qiryat HaMuze’onim.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gesher Wauchope and Metsad Yarqon.
Israel: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Tel Aviv and Nazareth.
Curious Streams to Discover
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