Kishon River

Kishon River
Kishon River near Haifa in 2010
Native nameנחל הקישון (Hebrew)
Location
CountryIsrael
DistrictHaifa District
CityHaifa
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Gilboa
MouthShefekh haKishon
  location
Haifa Bay, Mediterranean Sea
Length70 km (43 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftNahal Nahalal

The Kishon River (Hebrew: נחל הקישון, Nachal HaKishon; Arabic: نهر المقطع, romanized: Nahr al-Muqaṭṭa‘, – the intermittent river; alternative Arabic, الكيشون al-Kīšūn) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.