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) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee ...

Mar 3, 2025 · The Jordan River has three principal sources, all of which rise at the foot of Mount Hermon. The longest of those is the Ḥāṣbānī, which rises in Lebanon, near Ḥāṣbayyā, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 metres). From the east, in Syria, flows the Bāniyās River.

The Jordan River meanders through this plain and finally forms a sizeable delta as it dumps its muddy waters into the deep, salty reservoir of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is 1,286 feet below sea level — the lowest point on the surface of the earth.

On this high-level security and strategic expedition, we will visualize the shrinking flow of the Dead Sea’s historical water source, get a real close up to the Jordanian posts across the narrow...

The river is here only about 60 ft. broad, and in less than 9 miles descends 689 ft. through a narrow rocky gorge, where it meets the delta which it has deposited at the head of the Sea of Galilee, and slowly winds its way to meet its waters.

Israel crossed the Jordan River from the plains of Moab (Joshua 13:22) into the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, about 1406 B.C. 1 Archaeological data supports a date of about 1400 B.C. 2 The dates developed by Kenyon have been discredited. The record of their crossing is given in Joshua 3:14-17.

Jun 25, 2023 · The Jordan River delta is the point where the river meets the Dead Sea. The delta is an important ecological area, as it provides a habitat for many species of birds and other wildlife. However, the delta’s ecosystem has been severely affected by human intervention and the decreasing water availability of the Jordan River.

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. From there it flows south through northern Israel into the Sea of Galilee and eventually empties into the Dead Sea.

The Jordan River’s route is about a 50-mile journey that flows from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake. The Jordan River delta is a tapestry of twists and turns that drains into ponds, dikes, wetlands, and eventually into the Great Salt Lake.

These characteristics show that Dead Sea sediments are extremely stable in the bottomset slopes of the Jordan River delta and that slump was produced by ground shaking caused by a large earthquake.