Jordan River

E25051
geographical feature river

The Jordan River is a historically and religiously significant river in the Middle East, revered in Judaism and Christianity and forming part of the boundary between modern-day Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Jordan River canonical 88
Jordan River basin 13
Jordan Valley 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWith Baptism in the Jordan ⓘ
surface form: baptism of Jesus
baptismSiteTraditionallyAt Al-Maghtas ⓘ
Qasr al-Yahud ⓘ
basinCountry Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of crossing and transition in Abrahamic religions ⓘ
emptiesInto Dead Sea ⓘ
environmentalIssue reduced flow ⓘ
salinity increase ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
flowsDirection north to south ⓘ
flowsIntoCountryFrom Lebanon ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
flowsThrough Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jordan River ⓘ
surface form: Nahr al-Urdun

Yarden ⓘ
hasSource Banias River ⓘ
Dan River ⓘ
Hasbani River ⓘ
hasTributary Yarmouk River ⓘ
Zarqa River ⓘ
hasValley Jordan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jordan Valley
historicalRole natural boundary in ancient Israel ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 251 ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ
surface form: Great Rift Valley

Middle East ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
mouthElevationBelowSeaLevel approximately 430 meters ⓘ
nearbyCity Jericho ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
partOf Jordan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jordan River basin
religiousSignificanceIn Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
sourceRegion Anti-Lebanon Mountains ⓘ
Golan Heights ⓘ
surface form: Mount Hermon area
terminatesIn endorheic basin of the Dead Sea ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (128)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baptism in the Jordan → hasLocation → Jordan River ⓘ
Israel → majorRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Sea of Galilee → inflow → Jordan River ⓘ
Sea of Galilee → outflow → Jordan River ⓘ
West Bank → locatedWestOf → Jordan River ⓘ
Dead Sea → partOf → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River basin
Dead Sea → fedBy → Jordan River ⓘ
Israel–Jordan peace treaty → borderSection → Jordan River ⓘ
Northern District, Israel → containsRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Holy Land → contains → Jordan River ⓘ
Jericho → locatedIn → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
John the Baptist → baptismLocation → Jordan River ⓘ
John the Baptist → patronage → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River region
Qasr al-Yahud → locatedOnRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Qasr al-Yahud → partOf → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Jordan River → partOf → Jordan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River basin
Jordan River → hasValley → Jordan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Jordan River → hasAlternativeName → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahr al-Urdun
Elijah → associatedWith → Jordan River ⓘ
Kingdom of Jordan → hasSite → Jordan River ⓘ
Jordanian–Palestinian conflict → location → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River valley
Bethsaida → locatedNear → Jordan River ⓘ
Mount Scopus → historicallyOverlooksRouteTo → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Ancient Israel → majorRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Middle East and North Africa → containsRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Levant region → hasMajorRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → contains → Jordan River ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → river → Jordan River ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → region → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Jordan Rift Valley → hydrologicalBasin → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River basin
Gad → tribeTerritoryTraditionallyLocatedEastOf → Jordan River ⓘ
Valley of the Cheesemakers → hasAlternativeName → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyropoeon
Perea → locatedEastOf → Jordan River ⓘ
Perea → borderedBy → Jordan River ⓘ
Mount Arbel → offersViewOf → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Mount Berenice → hasViewOf → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Palestine → borderFeature → Jordan River ⓘ
Palestine → hasSubregion → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan Valley
Palestine → hasImportantRiver → Jordan River ⓘ
Transjordanian territories of Israel → locatedEastOf → Jordan River ⓘ
Transjordanian territories of Israel → borderedBy → Jordan River ⓘ
land of Moab → borderedBy → Jordan River ⓘ
Plains of Moab → borders → Jordan River ⓘ
Book of Joshua → setting → Jordan River ⓘ
Gilead → locatedEastOf → Jordan River ⓘ
Tribe of Reuben → borderedBy → Jordan River ⓘ
New Jerusalem Monastery → hasPart → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River (symbolic)
Jordan–Israel border → followsFeature → Jordan River ⓘ
Israel–Jordan Joint Water Committee → regionServed → Jordan River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordan River basin
Israel–Jordan Joint Water Committee → relatedTo → Jordan River ⓘ