jordan river

     

The Joran River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. Historically and religiously, it is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers (156 miles) long.

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  • To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land
  • It's the Mideastern river whose west bank is the famous West Bank region
  • How low can you get? When it reaches the Dead Sea, this river is 1,312 feet below sea level
  • From the Lake Hula area to the Sea of Galilee about 10 miles south, it falls more than 600 feet
  • In 1909 the first kibbutz was founded in this river's valley
  • This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake
  • River crossed by the Allenby, or King Hussein, Bridge
  • The Hula Valley is not in Hawaii but occupies the course of the river north of the Sea of Galilee

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