Yarmouk River

E136880
border river river

The Yarmouk River is a major river in the Levant that forms part of the border between Jordan, Syria, and Israel before joining the Jordan River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yarmouk River canonical 5
Yarmouk River (in the north) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border river ⓘ
river ⓘ
borderSectionLength part of Jordan–Israel border ⓘ
significant portion of Jordan–Syria border ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
ecoregion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
emptiesInto Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River south of Sea of Galilee
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsNear Israel ⓘ
flowsThrough Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Jordan and Israel ⓘ
Jordan and Syria ⓘ
Syria and Israel ⓘ
hasBasinSharedBy Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
hasBridge historical railway bridges ⓘ
hasValley Yarmouk Valley ⓘ
historicalRegion Decapolis ⓘ
surface form: Decapolis area
knownFor deep gorge ⓘ
geopolitical importance ⓘ
water resource disputes ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
majorTributaryOf Jordan River ⓘ
mouth Jordan River ⓘ
mouthLocation near confluence with Jordan River ⓘ
nearbyCity Daraa Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Daraa

Irbid ⓘ
nearbyLocality Hamat Gader ⓘ
partOf Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley system
partOfDrainageBasin Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River basin
railwayHistory part of former Hejaz Railway branch ⓘ
region Golan Heights ⓘ
surface form: Golan Heights vicinity

Hauran ⓘ
sourceCountry Syria ⓘ
sourceRegion Hauran plateau ⓘ
subjectOf Jordan–Syria water agreements ⓘ
tributaryOf Jordan River ⓘ
typeOf international river ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordan River → hasTributary → Yarmouk River ⓘ
Israel–Jordan Joint Water Committee → relatedTo → Yarmouk River ⓘ
Battle of Yarmouk → namedAfter → Yarmouk River ⓘ
Transjordanian highlands → drainedBy → Yarmouk River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarmouk River (in the north)
Irbid Governorate → hasBorderFeature → Yarmouk River ⓘ
Yarmouk University → namedAfter → Yarmouk River ⓘ