River
Yarkon River
28 km from source to mouth · Israel.
IsraelFlows into Mediterranean Sea3rd longest in Israel
In numbers
Length
28km
Average flow
12m³/s
Basin
1,800km²
Drop
26m
from 26 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
28 km of river and 11 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 26 m
- 2 kmKfar Sirkin1,502 people
- 7 kmNeve Yaraq1,348 people
- 9 kmShiloh rivertributary
- 22 kmRamat Gan170,822 people
- 23 kmSalama, Jaffa6,670 people
- 25 kmYarkon Bridge
- 26 kmUssishkin Bridge
- 26 kmTel Aviv432,892 people
- 27 kmWokop Bridge
- 28 kmAyalon Rivertributary
- 28 kmNahal Achiyatributary
- 28 kmMediterranean Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in central Israel
At the mouth it carries 12 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 204 seconds. It drops from 26 m to 0 m, 0.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,800 km², about the size of GP. 2.3 million people live in it. Highest water: January; lowest: from June to September. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Tel AvivLargest city on its banks · 432,892 people
- Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 13 km from the cityCar hire at TLV airport (Tel Aviv)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water8 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From March to June and OctoberThe best months to visit
Yarkon River, month by month
Highest water: January
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from March to June and October.
From about 1.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 42 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Yarkon River: the basin in numbers
1,784 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.3millionpeople live in the basin
- 1,311/km²people per km²
- 332maverage altitude of the basin
- 547mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 19.0°Caverage air temperature
- 1%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 5% Forest
- 54% Cropland
- 17% Pasture
- 51% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Yarkon River: what you find on the way
- 20WeirsTaas Dam, Agricultural Dam and 18 more
- 7WaterfallsThe "hidden" waterfall and 6 more
- 5Boat ramps
- 2MarinasTel Aviv Marina, Tel-Aviv Marina
- 6River beachesHilton Beach, Dog Beach, Nordau Beach and 3 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Yarkon River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
3beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
11mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (3)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- H̱of Argaman23 km away28.2°C
- HaH̱of HaYaroq19 km away28.2°C
- HaH̱of HaNifrad5.7 km away28.1°C
Mountains at the source (11)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Tel Gerisa12 km away38m
- Kozlovsky Hill11 km away87m
- Har Habanim11 km away60m
- Givat Dani14 km away
- Tel Zeton8.8 km away
- Tel Hadas5.6 km away
- Givat Haslaim4.9 km away
- Tel Gannim12 km away
3 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Adam Rock9.8 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Yarkon River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (7)
Also: Ayalon River, Wadi Qana, Shiloh river, Raba Stream, Hadar river, Nahal Achiya, Nahal Hadarim
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Jordan252 km52 m³/s92 km awayZarqa RiverJordan65 km6.5 m³/s73 km awayYarmukIsrael57 km2.6 m³/s96 km awayKishon RiverIsrael70 km7.6 m³/s83 km awayWadi MujibJordan72 km3.8 m³/s106 km awayLitani River
Lebanon140 km23 m³/s144 km awayWadi Auja
Palestine208 km47 m³/s76 km awayHasbani RiverLebanon65 km5.0 m³/s144 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q927016) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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