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Bookmark or Share- Israel-Palestine conflict: How sharing the waters of the Jordan River ...The Jordan River is home to intractable conflicts and some of the most ‘water scarce’ nations on earth. Effectively managing this water is essential for building long-term peace in the region.
- Jordan River - New World EncyclopediaThe Jordan River (Arabic: Nahr Al-Urdun; Hebrew: Ha-Yarden River) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. The Jordan River, with the lowest elevation of any river in the world, rises at the Syrian-Lebanese border where the Hasbani River of Lebanon, and Banias River of Syria meet.
- Jordan River summary | BritannicaJordan River, River of the Middle East. It rises on the border between Syria and Lebanon, flows through Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), and then receives its main tributary, the Yarmūk River. It drains into the Dead Sea at 1,410 ft (430 m) below sea level after a total course of 223 mi (360 km).
- Jordan River - WorldAtlasAlso referred to as Nahr Al Sharieat in Arabic, the Jordan River is a long river in the Middle East that flows from the north to south direction through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. The Jordan River has a total length of more than 360km but due to its meandering course, the river’s actual length from its source to the Dead Sea is about ...
- Jordan River - WikipediaThe 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.
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