Kishon River | |
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Kishon River near Haifa in 2010 | |
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Native name | נחל הקישון (Hebrew) |
Location | |
Country | Israel |
District | Haifa District |
City | Haifa |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Gilboa |
Mouth | Shefekh haKishon |
• location | Haifa Bay, Mediterranean Sea |
Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
The Kishon River (Hebrew: נחל הקישון, Nachal HaKishon; Arabic: نهر المقطع, romanized: Nahr al-Muqaṭṭa‘,[1][2][3] – the river of slaughter or dismemberment; alternative Arabic, الكيشون al-Kīšūn) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.