The Yarmouk River (Arabic:"Nahr Al-Yarmuk"; Hebrew:נהר הירמוך, "Nehar HaYarmukh"; Greek:Hieromax) is one of the three main tributaries which enter the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea (the other being the Jabbok). It forms the border between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan Valley and between Syria and Jordan further upstream. It is the southern boundary of the Golan Heights. The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית or עברית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia. ... The Sea of Galilee with the Jordan River flowing out of it to the south and into the Dead Sea Kineret redirects here; for the Amgen drug having this tradename, see Anakinra The Sea of Galilee is Israels largest freshwater lake, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in circumference, about... The Dead Sea (Hebrew: ; Arabic: ‎) is both the lowest point on Earth at 418 metres (1,371 ft) below sea level and falling[2], and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world at 330 m (1,083 ft) deep and 799 m (2,621 ft) below sea level. ... Jabbok, puring out, river on the east side on Jordan, one of the so-called torrent valleys. ... This article is about the Jordan River in western Asia. ... Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ...
The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Jordan Rift Valley into the Dead Sea.
The last section has less gradient, and the river begins to meander before it enters the Dead Sea, which is about 400 meters below sea level and has no outlet.
Two major tributaries enter from the east during this last phase, the YarmoukRiver and JabbokRiver.
It is considered by some historians to have been one of the most significant battles in the history of the world, since it marked the first great wave of Muslim conquests outside Arabia, and heralded the rapid advance of Islam into Christian Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia.
The advance of this large Byzantine army caused the Muslims under Khalid ibn Walid to abandon the cities and retreat southward towards the RiverYarmouk, a tributary of the River Jordan.
The Muslims under Khalid ibn Walid met the other Byzantine commander, Baänes, in the valley of the YarmoukRiver in late July.
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