Baqoura Basin

Baqoura Basin (Arabic: حوض الباقورة ḥūḍ al-bāqūrah) is a 13.7 km2 lowland surrounding the lower reaches of the Yarmouk River, historically consisting of grassland, floodplains and seasonal wetlands, the low-lying approximate half of which today constitutes the Yarmouk Reservoir, permanently flooded following the construction of the Rutenberg Dam in 1932.