List of rivers of Jordan

This is a list of rivers in Jordan. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Many of these rivers are seasonal.

Dead Sea

Jordan River

The Jordan River is the major river flowing into the Dead Sea from the north. It also is the northern part of the western border of Jordan. From north to south the rivers flowing into it are:

  • Yarmouk River - largest tributary of the Jordan and forms part of the northern border of Jordan with Syria and Israel. Flows into the Jordan just south of the Sea of Galilee
  • Wadi al-'Arab[1]
  • Wadi Ziqlab[1]
  • Wadi al-Yabis[1]
  • Wadi Kafranja[1] or Kufrinjah, passing near Ajloun
  • Zarqa River (Jabbok River) - second largest tributary of the Jordan, flows in about half way between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
    • Wadi Zulayl (Wadi Dhuleil)
  • Wadi Shu'ayb (Wadi Sha'eb)
  • Wadi al Gharabah
    • Wadi ar-Ramah
    • Wadi al Kafrayn
      • Wadi as Seer

Other rivers

Other rivers that flow directly into the Dead Sea are:

  • Wadi Zarqa' Ma'in
  • Wadi Mujib (Arnon)
    • Wadi al-Haydan
    • Wadi an-Nukhaylah
    • Wadi al-Hafirah
  • Wadi ash-Shuqayq
  • Wadi al-Karak
  • Wadi Arabah (Wadi al-Jayb) - the valley to the south of the Dead Sea and also the southern border with Israel
    • Wadi Zered also known as Wadi al Hasa.
    • Wadi al-Fidan
    • Wadi al-Buwayridah
    • Wadi Musa

Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba)

Syrian Desert
  • Wadi Sirhan
    • Far Wadi al Abyad
    • Wadi Fakk Abu Thiran
    • Wadi al Fukuk
    • Wadi el Hasah
    • Wadi al Gharra
    • Wadi Ba'ir
    • Wadi al Makhruq
    • Wadi al Jashshah al Adlah
    • Wadi Rijlat
    • Wadi al Ghadaf
    • Wadi al Janab

Qa Al Jafr
  • Wadi Abu Safah
    • Wadi al Buraykah
  • Wadi Abu Tarafah
  • Wadi Abu 'Amud
  • Wadi al Jahdaniyah
  • Wadi Kabid
  • Wadi al 'Unab

References
  1. Map of the Lower Jordan River, from Sarig Gafny, Samer Talozi, Banan Al Sheikh, Elizabeth Ya’ari, Towards a Living Jordan River: An Environmental Flows Report on the Rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River, EcoPeace/ Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), May 2010, retrieved 14 April 2020
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