Daliyot River


The Daliyot River is a river in northern Israel. It flows from the Golan Heights plateau, through the Gamla Nature Reserve and down the western slopes of the Heights, and into the Sea of Galilee, known in Israel as Lake Kinneret.

The estuary, Majrase

The Jordan River and the streams coming down from the Central Golan create a landscape of swamps and open water surfaces, variously called deltas, estuaries or lagoons.
The Daliyot River is one of five rivers running through the Bethsaida Valley : the Jordan at the northern edge, Meshushim, Yehudiya - together they form the Meshushim and Zaki Lagoons before reaching the Sea of Galilee -, Daliyot, and Sfamnun.
The Daliyot River estuary, best known as Majrassa or Majrase, is the largest freshwater nature reserve in Israel. It carries water from the Golan and forms lagoons when it reaches the Sea of Galilee.
The nature reserve stretches over 5000 dunams, some of it agricultural land.