Jordan River

Jordan River
Jordan River
	Jordan River
	The Jordan River runs along the border between Jordan, the Palestinian West Bank, Israel and southwestern Syria.
Native name	نهر الأردن (Arabic); Nahr al-Urdun (Arabic); נהר הירדן (Hebrew); Nahar ha-Yarden (Hebrew); نهر الشريعة (Arabic); Al Sharieat (Arabic); ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ (Classical Syriac);
Location
Country	Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine
Region	Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean litoral
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Hasbani River and Dan River
• location	Sde Nehemia kibbutz in northern Israel
• coordinates	33°11′15″N 35°37′10″E / 33.18750°N 35.61944°E
• elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Mouth	Dead Sea
• elevation	−416 m (−1,365 ft)
Length	251 km (156 mi)
Discharge
• location	Dead Sea, Jordan Rift Valley
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Banias River, Dan River, Yarmouk River, Zarqa River
• right	Hasbani or Snir River, Iyyon Stream

The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea. Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east, while Israel and the occupied West Bank lie to its west. Both Jordan and the West Bank derive their names in relation to the river.

The river holds major significance in Judaism and Christianity. According to the Bible, the Israelites crossed it into the Promised Land and Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist in it.^[1]

^ "An Interfaith Look at the Jordan River". 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[1] "An Interfaith Look at the Jordan River". 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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