Yarmuk
The Yarmuk River is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It runs in Jordan, Syria and Israel, and drains much of the Hauran plateau. Its main tributaries are the wadis of 'Allan and Ruqqad from the north, Ehreir and Zeizun from the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as: “Yarmouk River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Al Baqoura and Jisr el-Majami.
Al Baqoura
Railway station
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Naharayim, historically the Jisr Majami area, is the area where the Yarmouk River flows into the Jordan River. It was the site of the "First Jordan Hydro-Electric Power House", constructed between 1927–33, and located near an ancient Roman bridge known as Jisr Majami.
Jisr el-Majami
Ruins
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Jisr el-Majami or Jisr al-Mujamieh is an ancient stone bridge, possibly of Roman origin, over the Jordan River on the border between Israel and Jordan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashdot Ya’akov Ihud and Ashdot Ya’akov Meuhad.
Ashdot Ya’akov Ihud
Village
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Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee near the Jordanian border and covering 4,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 962.
Ashdot Ya’akov Meuhad
Village
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Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhad is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee near the Jordanian border and covering 4,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 903. Ashdot Ya’akov Meuhad is situated 2½ km north of Yarmuk.
Gesher
Village
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Gesher is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northeastern Israel. Founded in 1939 by Jewish refugees from Germany, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. Gesher is situated 3 km southwest of Yarmuk.
Yarmuk
- Categories: river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Yarmuk” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kultura Jarmuk”
- Arabic: “نهر اليرموك”
- Arabic: “وادي اليرموك”
- Armenian: “Յարմուք”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yarmouk”
- Basque: “Yarmuk (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Yarmuk”
- Bengali: “ইয়ারমুক নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Ярмук”
- Catalan: “Iarmuk”
- Catalan: “Iarmuq”
- Catalan: “Yarmuk”
- Catalan: “Yarmuq”
- Cebuano: “Yarmouk River”
- Chinese: “雅爾木克河”
- Chinese: “雅莫科河”
- Chuvash: “Ярмук”
- Czech: “Jarmuk”
- Czech: “Jarmúk”
- Danish: “Yarmuk”
- Dutch: “Jarmoek”
- Dutch: “Jarmuk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اليرموك”
- Esperanto: “Jarmuk”
- Estonian: “Al-Yarmuk”
- Estonian: “Yarmuk”
- Estonian: “Yarmūk”
- Finnish: “Jarmuk”
- French: “Yarmouk”
- German: “Jarmuk”
- German: “Yarmuk”
- Greek: “Γιαρμούκ”
- Greek: “Ιερομύαξ”
- Hebrew: “הירמוך”
- Hebrew: “ירמוך”
- Hebrew: “נהר הירמוך”
- Hebrew: “נחל הירמוך”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarmouk”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarmuk”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yarmouk”
- Italian: “Yarmuk”
- Japanese: “ヤルムーク川”
- Japanese: “ヤルムク川”
- Korean: “야르무크강”
- Latin: “Hieromyces”
- Lithuanian: “Jarmukas”
- Macedonian: “Јармук”
- Malay: “Sungai Yarmuk”
- Malayalam: “യർമൂക്ക് നദി”
- Minangkabau: “Batang Yarmuk”
- Minangkabau: “Sungai Yarmuk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jarmuk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yarmouk”
- Norwegian: “Jarmuk”
- Persian: “رود یرموک”
- Polish: “Jarmuk”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jarmuque”
- Portuguese: “Rio yarmouk”
- Romanian: “Râul Yarmouk”
- Romanian: “Yarmuk”
- Russian: “Ярмук”
- Serbian: “Јармук”
- Slovak: “Hieromax”
- Slovak: “Jarmúk”
- Slovenian: “Jarmuk”
- Spanish: “Rio Yarmuk”
- Spanish: “Río Yarmuk”
- Swedish: “Hieromax”
- Swedish: “Hieromiakos”
- Swedish: “Jarmouk”
- Swedish: “Jarmuk”
- Swedish: “Yarmouk”
- Swedish: “Yarmuk”
- Swedish: “Yarmukh”
- Turkish: “Yermuk Nehri”
- Turkish: “Yermük”
- Ukrainian: “Ярмук”
- Urdu: “دریائے یرموک”
- Welsh: “Afon Yarmouk”
- Western Frisian: “Jarmûk”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ یرموک”
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