What is "jalon"

Jalón ( ; ), known locally and officially as Xaló (; ), is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain.

Jalon may refer to:

• Xaló ( Jalón in Spanish), a municipality in Alicante province, Spain
• Jalón (river), a tributary of the river Ebro in Spain
• Jalón de Cameros, a municipality in La Rioja, Spain
• Xaló (river) ( Jalón in Spanish) or Gorgos in Alicante province, Spain
• Jâlons, a commune in the Marne department, France
• Jalon Linton, a cricketer from the Cayman Islands
• Jalon is a minor biblical figure

The river Jalón is located in the northeast of Spain, and is one of the principal tributaries of the Ebro. It has a length of and drains a watershed of . The flow rate in Calatayud is , but is highly irregular due to the great range of Mediterranean rainfall patterns.

The course of the river forms the main communication route between the Castilian Plateau and the Ebro. Until the late twentieth century, roads and railways between Madrid and Zaragoza followed this path.