Jordan River

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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.

Aliases (8)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
associatedWith	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	Nahr al-Urdun → Yarden →
hasSource	Banias River → Dan River → Hasbani River →
hasTributary	Yarmouk River → Zarqa River →
hasValley	Jordan Valley →
historicalRole	natural boundary in ancient Israel →
lengthApproxKm	251 →
locatedIn	Great Rift Valley → Middle East →
mentionedIn	Hebrew Bible → New Testament →
mouthElevationBelowSeaLevel	approximately 430 meters →
nearbyCity	Jericho → Tiberias →
partOf	Jordan River basin →
religiousSignificanceIn	Christianity → Judaism →
sourceRegion	Anti-Lebanon Mountains → Mount Hermon area →
terminatesIn	endorheic basin of the Dead Sea →
usedFor	drinking water supply → irrigation →

Referenced by (51)

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