List of rivers of Jordan
This is a list of rivers in Jordan. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Many of these rivers are seasonal.
Dead Sea
Jordan River
The Jordan River is the major river flowing into the Dead Sea from the north. It also is the northern part of the western border of Jordan. From south to north the rivers flowing into it are:
- Wadi al Gharabah
- Wadi Shu'ayb (Wadi Sha'eb)
- Zarqa River (Jabbok River) - second largest tributary of the Jordan, flows in about half way between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
- Wadi Zulayl (Wadi Dhuleil)
- Wadi Kufrinjah
- Wadi Yabes
- Wadi Ziqlab
- Wadi al 'Arab
- Yarmouk River - largest tributary of the Jordan and forms part of the northern boundary of Jordan. Flows into the Jordan just south of the Sea of Galilee
Other rivers
Other rivers that flow directly into the Dead Sea are:
- Wadi Zarqa' Ma'in
- Wadi Mujib (Arnon)
- Wadi ash Shuqayq
- Wadi al Karak
- Wadi Arabah (Wadi al-Jayb) - the valley to the south of the Dead Sea and also a western boundary of Jordan.
- Wadi Zered also known as Wadi al Hasa.
- Wadi al Fidan
- Wadi al Buwayridah
- Wadi Musa
Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba)
Syrian Desert
- Wadi as Sirhan
- Far Wadi al Abyad
- Wadi Fakk Abu Thiran
- Wadi al Fukuk
- Wadi el Hasah
- Wadi al Gharra
- Wadi Ba'ir
- Wadi al Makhruq
- Wadi al Jashshah al Adlah
- Wadi Rijlat
- Wadi al Ghadaf
- Wadi al Janab
Qa Al Jafr
- Wadi Abu Safah
- Wadi al Buraykah
- Wadi Abu Tarafah
- Wadi Abu 'Amud
- Wadi al Jahdaniyah
- Wadi Kabid
- Wadi al 'Unab
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- GEOnet Names Server
