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The Yarkon River (Hebrew: נחל הירקון‎, Nahal HaYarkon; Arabic, Nahr el-Auja), also Yarqon River, is an Israeli river which originates at Tel Afek (Antipatris), north of Petah Tikva. It flows west through seven dormitory towns of Gush Dan including Ramat Gan, and then flows through Hayarkon Park into the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest coastal river in Israel, at 27.5 km in length. The Yarkon formed the southern border of the vilayet of Beirut during the Ottoman period.