Hadera Stream (), which was known as ''Nahr Akhdar'' (), is a seasonal watercourse in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. The modern names of the stream, and the

Hadera Hadera (, ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon plain, Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5 mi) of ...

city, originate from Wadi al-Khudeira (), the name of the upper portion of the river, whereas the lower portion was also known as Nahr Mafjir (). The

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called it the "Dead River" due to its sluggish character. The Hadera River begins in the east in the

Dothan Valley Dothan Valley or Sahl Arraba ( ''Emek Dotan''; ''Sahl ʻArrābah'', Arraba plain) is a fertile tectonic valley in the northern West Bank. The region is about eleven kilometers long and four kilometers wide. There are several Palestinian towns loca ...

near the Bull Site in

Samaria Samaria (), the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (), is used as a historical and Hebrew Bible, biblical name for the central region of the Land of Israel. It is bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north. The region is ...

, and flows west in many twists and turns north of

Mevo Dotan Mevo Dotan () is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the south of the Dothan Valley east of Baqa al-Gharbiyye and adjacent to the Palestinian town of Ya'bad, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdic ...

, between

Hermesh Hermesh () is an Israeli settlement in the western Samarian hills of the West Bank. Founded in 1984, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In it had a population of . The intern ...

in the north and Nazla al-Sharqiyah in the south, South of

Baqa ash-Sharqiyya Baqa ash-Sharqiyya () is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located northeast of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 4,892 inhabitants in ...

and Baqa al-Gharbiya and between

Maor Maor () is a moshav in north-central Israel. The word ''Maor'' means a light or luminary in Hebrew. Located near Baqa al-Gharbiyye, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was ...

and

Sde Yitzhak Sde Yitzhak () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the south-east of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 195 ...

to the connection point between Nahal Yitzhak and

Nahal Iron Wadi Ara (, ) or Nahal 'Iron (), is a valley and its surrounding area in Israel populated mainly by Arab Israelis. The area is also known as the "Northern Triangle". Wadi Ara is located northwest of the Green Line, in the Haifa District. High ...

south of

Talmei Elazar Talmei Elazar () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the north-east of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 19 ...

. The stream flows towards west at the north of

and pours into the

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within the Hadera River Park , a few dozen meters south of the

Orot Rabin Orot Rabin (, lit. ''Rabin Lights'') is a power station located on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera, Israel which is owned and operated by the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC). As of 2022 it is Israel’s largest power station and contains six ...

power station at the north of Hadera west. The Hadera River Park, which is located between

Givat Olga Giv'at Olga () is a suburb of the Israeli city of Hadera. Giv'at Olga is bordered on the west by the coastal strip of the Mediterranean Sea, on the east stretches Highway 2 (Israel), Highway 2, the neMall Hof Village and the Hadera West railway st ...

at Hadera-West and the Orot Rabin (Hadera) power plant, is a 750-

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park that holds a 40-metre-wide creek banked by a 1.3-km-long promenade. A dam is being constructed where the water park meets the Coastal Highway and is supposed to prevent the rehabilitated section of the stream from being polluted by water from the watercourse itself.

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