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 north to south the rivers flowing into it are:

• Yarmouk River - largest tributary of the Jordan and forms part of the northern border of Jordan with Syria and Israel. Flows into the Jordan just south of the Sea of Galilee
• ^[1]
• ^[1]
• Wadi al-Yabis^[1]
• ^[1] or Kufrinjah, passing near Ajloun
• 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 Dhuleil)
• Wadi Shu'ayb (Wadi Sha'eb)
• • • Wadi as Seer

Other rivers[]

Other rivers that flow directly into the Dead Sea are:

• Wadi Mujib (Arnon)
• Wadi Arabah (Wadi al-Jayb) - the valley to the south of the Dead Sea and also the southern border with Israel
  • Wadi Zered also known as Wadi al Hasa.
  • Wadi Musa

Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba)[]

• • Wadi Rum

Syrian Desert[]

• Wadi Sirhan
  • Far Wadi al Abyad
  • Wadi Fakk Abu Thiran
  • Wadi al Fukuk
  • Wadi el Hasah
  • Wadi al Gharra
  • 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