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River Jordan

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Jordan River
Jordan River
The Jordan River runs alang the mairch atween Jordan, the Palestinian Wast Bank, Israel an soothwestren Sirie.
Native nameArabic: نهر الأردن, Nahr al-Urdun
Ebreu: נהר הירדן, Nahar ha-Yarden
Basin
Main sourceAnti-Lebanon Muntain Range at Munt Hermon, Golan Hichts
2,814 m (9,232 ft)
River moothDeid Sea
−416 m (−1,365 ft)
Pheesical chairacteristics
Lenth251 km (156 mi)
Dischairge


Features
Tributars

The River Jordan (Ebreu: נהר הירדן Nehar haYarden, Arabic: نهر الأردنNahr al-Urdun, Greek Iordànes, Ιορδάνης) is a 251-kilometre (156 mi)-lang river in Wast Asie rinnin tae the Dead Sea.

References

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  1. Klein, Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, The University of Haifa, Carta, Jerusalem, p. 264

Coordinates: 33°11′12″N 35°37′09″E / 33.18667°N 35.61917°E / 33.18667; 35.61917