Yarmouk River

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The Yarmouk River (Arabic: نهر اليرموك, "Nahr Al-Yarmuk"; Hebrew:נהר הירמוך, "Nehar HaYarmukh"; Greek: Hieromax) is the largest of three main tributaries which enter the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea (the others being the Jabbok/Zarqa and the Arnon/Wadi Mujib). It forms the border between Israel and Jordan close to the Jordan Valley and between Syria and Jordan further upstream. It is the southern boundary of the Golan Heights. The important Battle of Yarmouk, where the Muslim Arabs defeated the Byzantine Empire, took place south of the river in 636.

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