A stream beneath Amman's streetsSourced
One Amman road follows a stream that was covered over.
Seil Amman once ran for roughly six kilometres through Jordan's capital. With pollution, flooding and traffic among the concerns, the city roofed the stream in concrete in the 1960s. A street now follows its course, preserving the memory of the water below.
The old river still draws a line through the city.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-01