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Chorath

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Chorath, Kerith (naḥal Kəriṯ), or sometimes Cherith (from the Septuagint's ῤῥ ῤῥ cheimárrhous Chorrháth), is the name of a wadi or seasonal stream mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The prophet Elijah hid himself on the banks of the Chorath and was fed by ravens during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab (1 Kings 17:3).

Flows through: Israel.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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