Kishon River

Kishon River (Nahal Kishon)
River
Kishon River near Haifa in 2010
Country	Israel
District	Haifa District
City	Haifa
Source	Gilboa mountains
Mouth	Shefekh haKishon
- location	Haifa Bay, Mediterranean Sea
Length	70 km (43 mi)

The Kishon River (Hebrew: נחל הקישון‎‎, Nachal HaKishon; Arabic: نهر المقطع‎‎, Nahr el-Mokatta, or Mukutta', – the river of slaughter or dismemberment; Alternative Arabic, الكيشون al-Qisun) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.

The Kishon River is a 70 kilometres (43 mi)-long perennial stream in Israel. Its farthermost source is the Gilboa mountains, and it flows in a west-northwesterly direction through the Jezreel Valley, emptying into the Haifa Bay in the Mediterranean Sea. Its drainage basin, of 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi), includes much of Jezreel Valley and the Western Galilee, and parts of Mount Carmel.

The Kishon is mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. 1 Kings (18:40) names it the place where the prophets of Baal were executed on Elijah's orders. In Judges (5:21) the Kishon River washes away the Canaanite army.