Yarqon 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Israel
- Also known as: “Audja”, “Auja”, “Jarkon River”, “Me-Jarkon”, “Mei Hay Yarqōn”, “Nahal Yarkon”, “Nahal Yarqon”, “Nahr el ‘Auja”, “Yarkon River”, and “Yarqon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yarkon River Mouth Lighthouse and Tel Kudadi.
Yarkon River Mouth Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Conan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reading Light, also known as Tell Qudadi Light, HaYarkon Light, Auja Light and Tel Aviv Light, is an inactive lighthouse in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located near the beach on the north side of the Yarkon River estuary, on the foot of the Tel Aviv south breakwater, next to the Tel Aviv Port and the Levant Fair buildings area.
Tel Kudadi
Archaeological site
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell Qudadi, also known as Tell esh-Shuna is an ancient site located near the mouth of the Yarkon River and Reading Power Station in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Reading Power Station
Power station
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reading Power Station is a natural gas fueled thermal power station supplying electrical power to the Tel Aviv District in central Israel. It is in the northwestern part of the city at the mouth of the Yarkon River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kochav HaTsafon and Tokhnit Lamed.
Kochav HaTsafon
Suburb
Photo: Msacla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kokhav HaTzafon is a residential neighborhood in northwestern Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tokhnit Lamed
Suburb
Lamed, also Tokhnit Lamed, is a residential neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. In 2012, Lamed's population was 5,370, and its area was 873 dunams, of which about 254 dunams were built up.
Ramat Aviv
Suburb
Ramat Aviv Alef or Ramat Aviv HaYeruka, and originally plainly Ramat Aviv, is a neighborhood in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel.
Yarqon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Yarqon River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو فِطرس”
- Arabic: “اليركون”
- Arabic: “نهر العوجا”
- Armenian: “Հա Յարկոն”
- Armenian: “Հայարկոն”
- 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: “הירקון”
- Hebrew: “ירקון”
- Hebrew: “נהר הירקון”
- Hebrew: “נחל הירקון”
- Hebrew: “נחל ירקון”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarkon”
- Irish: “Nahr al-Auja”
- Italian: “Yarkon”
- Kurdish: “çemê Ewca”
- 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: “Rio Yarkon”
- Spanish: “Río Yarkon”
- Turkish: “Yarkon Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Яркон”
- Venetian: “Fiume Yarkon”
- Welsh: “Afon Yarkon”
- Yiddish: “ירקון”
- “أبو فِطرس”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meẕad HaYarqon and Gesher Wauchope.
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