Zarqa River by the King of Ammon. Eusebius places the river between Gerasa and Philadelphia. The headwaters of the Zarqa begin just northeast of Amman, rising from a spring named Ain Ghazal ("Gazelle spring"). The river flows to the north before heading west. Rising on the eastern side of the mountains of Gilead, it runs a course of about in a wild and deep ravine before flowing into the Jordan River between Gennesaret and the Dead Sea, at a point below its origin. At its higher reaches, the river banks are mostly steep and canyon-like. Near Ain Ghazal, two tributary wadis join
Dead River (Michigan) Superior. Additionally, earlier maps record this river either in French as ""Rivière des Morts"", ""Rivière du Mort"", or ""Rivière au Paresseux"", or in English as "Deadman's River". The current name for this river in Ojibwe is either "Giiwe-gamigong-neyaashi-ziibi" (Return-by-shore Peninsula River) or "Niboowaagaming" ("At the Death's Shores"). Dead River (Michigan) The Dead River (French: "Rivière des Morts") is a river in Marquette County, Michigan. Its watershed is approximately in size. The river flows southeasterly from western Marquette County to its mouth on Lake Superior. , five dams existed on the river: Silver Lake Dam, Hoist Dam, McClure Dam, Forestville Dam,