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22-641: Yarkon (or Yarqon) is a river in Israel, whose name gave birth to several other terms. It may refer to: Yarkon River , an Israeli river which originates at Tel Afek, north of Petah Tikva Yarqon bleak , a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, found only in Israel Yarkon Cemetery , the main cemetery for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area since 1991 located within

44-517: A detailed list of vegetation and wildlife that can be found in and around the river. Mammals include: Nutria (coypu); Swamp cat ; and Golden jackal . Although not mentioned by The Yarkon River Authority, mongoose has also been spotted by visitors and hikers. On July 14, 1997, the Maccabiah bridge collapse led to the death of four athletes, members of the Australian delegation to

66-537: A later engagement and he fled to Damascus . In 975, the army of the Egypt-based Fatimid caliph al-Aziz defeated and captured the Aleppo -based Hamdanid general Aftakin on the banks of Auja. The Yarkon/Auja served as a key administrative boundary. In the early Ottoman period (16th century), it marked the boundary between Nablus Sanjak and Gaza Sanjak . Later, in the 19th century, it formed

88-515: Is closer to Jerusalem but located at a much lower altitude than the Yarkon River and in order to bring the water up to the peaks of Jerusalem a relatively complex technology would be needed to be used, therefore the British authorities decided to opt for the alternative Yarkon-Jerusalem water extraction pipeline. Using water pumps placed in the springs which flowed into the Yarkon River, water

110-799: The Jordan River . "Al-auja" means "the meandering one". This should not be confused with the Yarkon River in Israel which flows to the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv , known in Arabic by the name "Nahr al-Auja". 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. The Hebrew name is based on the Israeli settlement Yitav , founded in 1970 on

132-523: The Jordan River . The stream starts at Ein Samia, on the eastern slopes of Mount Hazor and flows eastward. Before its arrival to the Jordan Rift Valley , it forms a deep and steep gorge , some 3 kilometers long. In this area some waterfalls are formed. Ein Samia has been diverted to provide water to Ramallah , some 20 km away, providing around 30% of the city's needs, and leaving most of

154-675: The Maccabiah Games , three of whom died due to infections caused by exposure to the polluted river water. Wadi Auja Wadi Auja ( Arabic : وادي العوجا‎ ), also spelled Ouja , known in Hebrew as Nahal Yitav ( Hebrew : נחל ייט"ב ) is a valley or stream ( Arabic : وادي‎ wādī , " wadi "), in the West Bank , originating near the Ein Samia spring and flowing to Al-Auja near Jericho before it runs into

176-626: The Ottoman army. The mouth of the river was conquered already during the late-1917 Battle of Jaffa . In the Mandatory period, the British government granted a number of concessions , including to Pinhas Rutenberg 's Jaffa Electric Company exclusive rights to generate, distribute, and sell electricity in the District of Jaffa. These rights were delivered through the “Auja Concession”, which

198-680: The Petah Tikva city limits Yarkon Park , a large urban park in Tel Aviv , Israel Yarkon Sports Complex , a sports complex located in the Baptist Village in Petah Tikva HaYarkon Street , a major street in Tel Aviv Yarkona , a moshav in central Israel, named after the river Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

220-659: The Reading Power Station which is situated near its mouth. When the river's headwaters were diverted to the Negev via the National Water Carrier for irrigation purposes, the state of the Yarkon declined. As sewage replaced the flow of fresh water, habitats were destroyed and flora and fauna disappeared. This was exacerbated by continuous discharges of industrial effluents and municipal sewage into

242-628: The Umayyad dynasty , whom the Abbasids had toppled earlier that year, with promises of fair surrender terms, only to have them massacred. On 5 April 885, at the banks of the river, Abu'l-Abbas ibn al-Muwaffaq fought against Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Battle of Tawahin ('Battle of the Mills'). Ibn al-Muwaffaq defeated Khumarawayh, who fled to Egypt. However, Ibn al-Muwaffaq's army lost in

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264-578: The Wadi dry throughout the year. The Auja Spring produces an estimated 9 million cubic metres of water annually, which creates a small oasis that attracts thousands of tourists a year, as well as providing for the farmers of Auja village. Two ancient aqueducts built in Wadi Auja during the late Second Temple period (and refurbished in later generations) carried water from their source at ʻAin el Aûjah ("the crooked spring") to their respective destinations,

286-624: The construction of modern sewage treatment plants in Hod Hasharon and Ramat Hasharon . The river was dredged to restore its original depth and natural flow. River banks were raised and reinforced, hiking and bicycling paths were built, and picnic and fishing areas were developed with the help of contributions from the Australian Jewish community via the Jewish National Fund . The Yarkon River Authority website has

308-537: The northern river bank, next to the Palestinian village of Al-Auja . "Yitav" is an acronym for Y ad Y itzhak Tab enkin . Wadi Auja is 35 kilometers long and sets the boundary between the Desert and the eastern hillslopes of the West Bank . It has a drainage area of 200 square kilometers and descends from a height of approximately 1000 meters above sea level to -315 meters below sea level, where it flows into

330-497: The one termed Ḳanât el Manîl ("the canal of el Manil") which led to an outlet in the Jordan valley north of Jericho, and the other termed Ḳanât Farʻûn ("Pharaoh's canal"), thought to have brought water to the fortified town of Archelais . The gorge section of the river is a natural reserve, where rows of precipitous cliffs are exposed and inside them a variety of rare birds of prey and perennial plants can be found. The area

352-545: The plan to generate electricity by hydroelectric means never materialized, and instead the company designed and built a powerhouse that produced electricity by means of diesel-fueled engines. In 1930s, the British authorities in Palestine searched for an additional major water resource for the evolving city of Jerusalem . Two options were examined at the time: the Jordan River and the Yarkon River . The Jordan River

374-612: The rivers, which allowed algae to multiply. Subsequent and ongoing cleanup projects, some government-run, some benefitting from financial aid from Jewish donors from Australia, and some with regional character supported by the NGO FoEME , helped improve the quality of the water. In 1988, the Yarkon River Authority was established to revitalize the river and make sections of it suitable for sailing, fishing, swimming and other recreation. Water quality improved after

396-527: The southern border of the vilayet of Beirut . 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

418-493: The title Yarkon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yarkon&oldid=1005949540 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from July 2014 Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yarkon River The Yarkon/Auja

440-477: Was flowing up to Sha'ar HaGai and then through additional pumps into the city of Jerusalem. The Rosh HaAyin springs were, during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine, the main and most important water resource of Jerusalem. They provided 13,000 cubic meters of water every day to the city residents. The river became increasingly polluted after the 1950s, many blaming this on the construction of

462-437: Was formally signed on September 12, 1921. The Concession had authorized the company to generate electricity by means of hydroelectric turbines that would exploit the water power of the Yarkon River to supply electricity to the administrative District of Jaffa. The district comprised Jaffa, the oldest and at the time still most important town in the area, the fast growing town of Tel Aviv north of it, and other smaller locations. Yet

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484-607: Was the northern boundary of the territory of the Philistines . During the time of the Assyrian rule over the country, a fortress was built in a site known today as Tell Qudadi , on the northern bank of the river, next to its estuary . On 27 April 750, the Abbasid general Abd Allah ibn Ali , uncle of Caliph al-Saffah ( r.  750–754 ), marched to Antipatris ('Abu Futrus'). There, he summoned around eighty members of

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