This is a list of rivers of Israel. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Nahal (Hebrew) and Wadi (Arabic) commonly translate to Stream, more seldom River. Streams entirely on the West Bank are not listed here.

Mediterranean Sea

Rivers emptying into the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

, listed from north to south. * Nahal Betzet (Arabic: Wadi Karkara) *

Nahal Kziv Nahal Kziv ( he, נחל כזיב) (lit. "Kziv stream") or the Horn Valley ( ar, وادي القرن, Wadi al Qarn) is a 39-kilometer long perennial stream in the Upper Galilee, Israel. During the winter, rainfall fills the channel, and springs al ...

(Arabic: Wadi al-Qarn) *

Ga'aton River The Ga'aton Stream (, Nahal HaGa'aton) is a small river in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It passes through the town of Nahariya before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The river runs through the main street of N ...

Na'aman River Na'aman River, ( he, נחל נעמן, Nahal Na'aman; ar, نهر النعامين, Nahr Na'mein), is a stream in northwestern Israel. To the ancient writers Pliny, Tacitus and Josephus it was known as the Belus or Belos River of Phoenicia. The N ...

(Hebrew: Nahal Na'aman, Arabic: Nahr al-Na'mein), ancient Belus River *

Kishon River The Kishon River ( he, נחל הקישון, ; ar, نهر المقطع, , or , – ''the river of slaughter'' or ''dismemberment''; alternative Arabic, ) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa. Course ...

** (Arabic: Wadi Abu Alhiya), formerly Nahal Nahash * Nahal Taninim (Arabic: Wadi az-Zarqa) *

Hadera Stream Hadera Stream ( he, נחל חדרה, Nahal Hadera), known in Arabic as Nahr Mufjir ( ar, نهر المفجر) and previously also as ''Nahr Akhdar'' ( ar, نهر الأخضر, , green river), is a seasonal watercourse in Israel. The Crusaders cal ...

(Arabic: Nahr Akhdar) * Nahal Alexander * Nahal Poleg (Arabic: Wadi al-Faliq) *

Yarkon River The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River or Jarkon River ( he, נחל הירקון, ''Nahal HaYarkon'', ar, نهر العوجا, ''Nahr al-Auja''), is a river in central Israel. The source of the Yarkon ("Greenish" in Hebrew) is at Tel Afek (Antip ...

Wadi Qana Wadi Qana (, he, נחל קנה, translit=Nahal Qana), is a wadi, with an intermittent stream meandering westwards from Huwara south of Nablus in the West Bank down to Jaljulia in Israel where it flows into the Yarkon River, of which it is a ...

or Qanah (Hebrew: Nahal Qanah) ** Ayalon River (Arabic: Wadi Musrara) ** (Arabic: Wadi Amuriya) *

Nahal Sorek Naḥal Sorek ( he, נחל שורק, translation=Brook of Sorek; ar, وادي الصرار, translit=Wadi al-Sirar), also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. It is mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 ...

(Arabic: Wadi al-Sarar) *

Lakhish River Lakhish River ( he, נחל לכיש, ''Naḥal Lakhish'') is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Ashdod. It is also known as Wadi Kabiba (inland section) and Wadi Sukhrir (Ashdod section) in Arabic. History The b ...

(Arabic: Wadi Suqrir) * or Shiqma (Arabic: Wadi el-Hesi), location of an important First World War-time

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HaBesor Stream The Besor ( he, נחל הבשור, ''Nahal HaBesor'') is a wadi in southern Israel. The stream begins at Mount Boker (near Sde Boker), and spills into the Mediterranean Sea near Al-Zahra in the Gaza Strip, where it is called Wadi Gaza ( ar, واد ...

(Arabic: Wadi Ghazzeh/Gaza ownstreamand Wadi esh-Shallaleh pstream **

Nahal Gerar Nahal Gerar, also ''Nachal Grar'' ( he, נחל גרר) is a wadi in Israel, in the Negev desert. Its Arabic name is Wadi esh-Sheri'a (also Wady el Sharia and other variations). Along this wadi, there are several important ancient Bronze Age archae ...

(Arabic: Wadi esh-Sheri'a / Wady el Sharia) ** *** Nahal Hevron (English: Hebron River or Stream, Arabic: Wadi al-Samen or Wadi al-Khalil)

Dead Sea

Rivers emptying into the Dead Sea. Tributaries of the Jordan River are listed north to south, where needed east to west.

Jordan River and its tributaries

* Jordan River

From the foothills of Mount Hermon and South Lebanon

Banias River Banias River ( ar, نهر بانياس Nahr Baniyas; he, נחל חרמון Nahal Hermon) is a river in the Golan Heights. It is the easternmost of the three main northern tributaries of the Jordan River; together with the Dan River and the Snir S ...

(Hebrew: Nahal Hermon) **

Dan River The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back int ...

Hasbani River The Hasbani River ( ar, الحاصباني / ALA-LC: ''al-Ḥāṣbānī''; he, חצבני ''Ḥatzbaní'') or Snir Stream ( he, נחל שניר / ''Nahal Sənir''), is the major tributary of the Jordan River. Local natives in the mid-19th cent ...

(Hebrew: Nahal Snir) **

Nahal Ayun Nahal Ayun ( he, נחל עיון, ''lit.'' Ayun Stream), sometimes spelled Nahal Iyyon, in ar, براغيث ''Bureighit'', or in full Nahr Bareighit, is a perennial stream and a tributary of the Jordan River. The stream originates from two spring ...

From the Galilee to the Upper Jordan River

** Nahal Dishon (Arabic: Wadi al-Hindaj) ** **

From the Galilee to the Sea of Galilee

** Nahal Korazim **

Nahal Amud Nahal Amud ( he, נחל עמוד), also known as the Wadi al-Amud, is a stream in the Upper Galilee region of Israel that flows into the Sea of Galilee. History The source of the stream, Ramat Dalton, is located 800 meters above sea level. Its ...

(Arabic: Wadi al-Amud) ** or Zalmon (Arabic: Wadi al-Rubudiyeh) ** (Arabic: Wadi al-Hamam)

From the Galilee to the Lower Jordan River

** (Arabic: Wadi Fidjdjas, sometimes spelled Fijas) **

Yarmouk River The Yarmuk River ( ar, نهر اليرموك, translit=Nahr al-Yarmūk, ; Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; la, Hieromyces or ''Heromicas''; sometimes spelled Yarmouk), is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It runs in Jordan, Syria and Israel ...

** Nahal Tavor (English: Tabor Stream, Tavor Stream) **

From the Valleys to the Jordan River

Harod Stream The Harod Stream he, נחל חרוד, Nahal Harod, ar, نهر جالود, Wadi Jalud is a stream in Israel that flows west to east, from the Givat HaMoreh area via the Harod Valley and Beit She'an Valley into the Jordan River, about north o ...

("Nahal Harod", "Wadi Jalud" in Arabic) The West Bank tributaries are not listed here. This concerns creeks entirely on the West Bank, from spring to the Dead Sea.

From the Judaean desert to the Dead Sea

* Nahal Yishai (West Bank and Israel) *, Wadi Sdeir (West Bank and Israel) * (West Bank and Israel); Arabic names: Wadi el-Jihar (upper course), Wadi el-Ghar (central section) und Wadi Areijeh (lower course) * Nahal Tsruya (West Bank and Israel) *

Nahal Hever Nahal Hever ( he, נחל חבר) or Wadi al-Khabat (Arabic) is an intermittent stream (wadi) in the Judean Desert, that flows through the West Bank and Israel, from the area of Yatta to the Dead Sea. The Hebrew name is derived from "Hevron", the ...

(West Bank and Israel) * Nahal Asa'el (West Bank and Israel) * Nahal Mishmar (mostly Israel) * (Israel) *

Tze'elim Stream The Tze'elim Stream (, ''Nahal Tze'elim'') is a wadi and canyon situated in the Judean Desert, Israel, near Masada, descending towards the Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ ...

(Israel) *** (West Bank and Israel) *** (West Bank and Israel) *** (West Bank and Israel); receives the waters of , . **** (West Bank and Israel); receives the waters of , , , , .

From the Negev to the Dead Sea

*, related to the

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Negev to Arava Valley to the Dead Sea

* Nahal HaArava ** *** ** Nahal Shivya ** Nahal Paran ** Nahal Hiyyon

Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat)

Streams emptying into the

Gulf of Eilat The Gulf of Aqaba ( ar, خَلِيجُ ٱلْعَقَبَةِ, Khalīj al-ʿAqabah) or Gulf of Eilat ( he, מפרץ אילת, Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabia ...

of the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

. * * (lit. Solomon Stream)

References

*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
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