The
Afrin River (
Nahr ʻIfrīn; (;
North Syrian vernacular:
Nahər ʻAfrīn; ) is a tributary of the
Orontes River in
Turkey and
Syria. It rises in the Kartal Mountains in
Gaziantep Province, Turkey, flows south through the city of
Afrin in Syria, then reenters Turkey. It joins the
Karasu at the site of the former
Lake Amik, and its waters flow to the Orontes by a canal. The total length of the river is , of which is in Syria.