Auju River
| Yarkon River | |
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| Country | Israel |
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| Cities | Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rosh HaAyin |
| Source | Tel Afek |
| - location | near Rosh Ha'ayin, Central District, Israel |
| Mouth | Mediterranean Sea |
| - location | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel |
| - coordinates | 32°5′45″N 34°46′48″E / 32.09583°N 34.78000°ECoordinates: 32°5′45″N 34°46′48″E / 32.09583°N 34.78000°E |
| Length | 27.5 km (17 mi) |
The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River (Hebrew: נחל הירקון, Nahal HaYarkon; Arabic: نهر العوجا, translit. Nahr al-Auja), 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 and Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park into the Mediterranean Sea. Its Arabic name, al-Auja, means "the meandering". The Yarkon is the largest coastal river in Israel, at 27.5 km in length.
The Yarkon formed the southern border of the vilayet of Beirut during the late Ottoman period.
The Arabic name of the river, al-Auja ("the meandering one"), is shared with Wadi Auja, another small stream that flows into the Jordan Valley north of Jericho. During World War I this coincidence led to the term of "the line of the two Aujas" referring to a strategic line connecting the two river valleys and taken by the expeditionary forces of General Allenby during his early 1918 advance against the Ottoman army.
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