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| - The Jordan River (American English) or River Jordan (British English) (Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun, Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden) is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. In Jewish tradition, the river serves as a border of the "Promised Land." In Christian tradition, Jesus was baptized here by John the Baptist. The Jordan River is 251 kilometres (156 miles) long.
- The Jordan River, commonly referred to as the River Jordan (after the original Hebrew: nehar hayarden) is often just referred to as "the Jordan." With headwaters at Mount Hermon, the river flows to the Sea of Galilee and down to the Dead Sea (Salt Sea), a distance of 156 miles (an average six days' journey). This river constituted the eastern border of the land promised to Abraham for the future Israel by God Himself.
- The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. Its tributaries are the Hasbani (Hebrew: שניר senir, Arabic: hasbani), which flows from Lebanon, Banias (Hebrew: חרמון hermon, Arabic: banias), arising from a spring at Banias at the base of Mount Hermon and Dan (Hebrew: דן dan, Arabic: leddan), whose source is also at the base of Mount Hermon. The three merge to form the Jordan in northern Israel, near Kibbutz Sede Nehemya. The Jordan drops rapidly in a 75 kilometer run to swampy Lake Hula, which is slightly below sea level in the Rift Valley. Exiting the lake, it drops much more in about 25 kilometers to the Sea of Galilee. The last section has less gradient, and the river begins
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| - The Jordan River, commonly referred to as the River Jordan (after the original Hebrew: nehar hayarden) is often just referred to as "the Jordan." With headwaters at Mount Hermon, the river flows to the Sea of Galilee and down to the Dead Sea (Salt Sea), a distance of 156 miles (an average six days' journey). This river constituted the eastern border of the land promised to Abraham for the future Israel by God Himself. Mentioned first in relationship with its valley -- likened to the "garden of God" (that is, Eden) -- the River was the lifeblood of the people of Israel and Judah. Not as impressive as the Nile in Egypt or the Euphrates, it provided well enough for most of those who lived along its banks. The scene of three miraculous crossings near Jericho, the Jordan River provided not only water for farms along its banks, but for food in the waters of the freshwater Sea of Galilee (about a third of the way along its route to the Salt Sea). It was there that Jesus began his ministry with four fishermen that followed the rabbi.
- The Jordan River (American English) or River Jordan (British English) (Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun, Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden) is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. In Jewish tradition, the river serves as a border of the "Promised Land." In Christian tradition, Jesus was baptized here by John the Baptist. The Jordan River is 251 kilometres (156 miles) long.
- The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. Its tributaries are the Hasbani (Hebrew: שניר senir, Arabic: hasbani), which flows from Lebanon, Banias (Hebrew: חרמון hermon, Arabic: banias), arising from a spring at Banias at the base of Mount Hermon and Dan (Hebrew: דן dan, Arabic: leddan), whose source is also at the base of Mount Hermon. The three merge to form the Jordan in northern Israel, near Kibbutz Sede Nehemya. The Jordan drops rapidly in a 75 kilometer run to swampy Lake Hula, which is slightly below sea level in the Rift Valley. Exiting the lake, it drops much more in about 25 kilometers to the Sea of Galilee. The last section has less gradient, and the river begins to meander before it enters the Dead Sea, which is about 400 meters below sea level and has no outlet. Two major tributaries enter from the east during this last phase, the Yarmouk River and Jabbok River. Its section north of Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: כינרת kinneret, Arabic: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) is within the boundaries of Israel (disputed by Syria), and forms the western boundary of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. South of the lake, it forms the border between the kingdom of Jordan (to the east) and Israel (to the west). Further south, it forms the border between Jordan and the West Bank. In modern times the waters are 70 to 90 % used for human purposes and the flow is much reduced. Because of this and the high evaporation rate of the Dead Sea, the sea is shrinking. All the shallow waters of the southern end of the sea have been drained in modern times and are now salt flats. The waters of the Jordan are an extremely important resource to the dry lands of the area and are a bone of contention between Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians. Route 90 connects the northern and southern tips of Israel and parallels the Jordan River on the western side.
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