River Jordan
(Reguidit frae Jordan River)
The River Jordan (Ebreu: נהר הירדן Nehar haYarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن Nahr al-Urdun, Greek Iordànes, Ιορδάνης) is a 251-kilometre (156 mi)-lang river in Wast Asie rinnin tae the Dead Sea.
Jordan River | |
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Jordan River | |
The Jordan River runs alang the mairch atween Jordan, the Palestinian Wast Bank, Israel an soothwestren Sirie. | |
Native name | Arabic: نهر الأردن, Nahr al-Urdun Ebreu: נהר הירדן, Nahar ha-Yarden |
Basin | |
Main source | Anti-Lebanon Muntain Range at Munt Hermon, Golan Hichts 2,814 m (9,232 ft) |
River mooth | Deid Sea −416 m (−1,365 ft) |
Pheesical chairacteristics | |
Lenth | 251 km (156 mi) |
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References
eedit- ↑ 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