The Yarkon River (Hebrew: נחל הירקון, Nahal HaYarkon; Arabic: نهر العوجا, Nahr el-Auja), also Yarqon River, is a river in central Israel. The source of the Yarkon ("Greenish" in Hebrew) is at Tel Afek (Antipatris), north of Petah Tikva. It flows west through Gush Dan into the Mediterranean Sea. El-Auja, Arabic counterpart, means "Meandering".
Read more about Yarkon River: History, Yarkon River Authority, Maccabiah Disaster
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