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Search the Bible. The Jordan River is fed by headwaters that start near the base of Mount Hermon, on what is now the Syria-Lebanon border. After descending into the Sea of Galilee, it continues south to the Dead Sea. The river winds through 124 miles of the Rift Valley, which is an average of 6 miles wide and mostly dry apart from the river.
JORDAN, river, rises in Lebanon, runs, if measured on a straight line, not more than 136 miles from its highest source w. of Mt. Hermon to the Dead Sea. Runs through two lakes, the waters of Merom and the sea of Tiberias, and descends 3000 ft. from its source to the Dead Sea; is from 45 to 180 ft. wide and has 27 important rapids between the ...
Map of the Jordan River in Old Testament Times.
Jordan 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).
The 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.
views 2,984,708 updated. JORDAN RIVER. River that forms the boundary between Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Jordan; it flows south from Syria to the Dead Sea. The Jordan River rises from the confluence of three major springs and streams located on the southern and western slopes of Mount Hermon (Arabic, Jabal al-Shaykh ).
The Jordan River ( Hebrew: נהר הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: نهر الأردن nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia that flows through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. Many people think it is one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometres (156 mi) long. Its tributaries are:
