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Yarmuk (river)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the two main tributaries which enter the jordan river between the sea of galilee and the dead sea”. Today it says “largest tributary of the jordan river”.
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The Yarmouk River ( Arabic :" nahr al-yarmuk "; Hebrew :נהר הירמוך, " nehar hayarmukh "; Greek :Hieromax) is one of the two main tributaries which enter the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea (the other being the Jabbok ).1 It forms the border between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan Valley and between Syria and Jordan further upstream. It is the southern boundary of the Golan Heights . v t e v t e2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the two main tributaries which enter the jordan river between the sea of galilee and the dead sea”. Today it says “largest tributary of the jordan river”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

one of the two main tributaries which enter the jordan river between the sea of galilee and the dead sea

Now

largest tributary of the jordan river

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