Arnon River
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The Arnon River is an important seasonal watercourse in the Levant, historically marking the boundary between ancient kingdoms east of the Dead Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arnon River canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river
ⓘ
seasonal watercourse ⓘ |
| associatedWithAncientRegion |
Ammon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalName | Arnon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | eastern highlands of the Dead Sea ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | deep gorge ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
natural frontier
ⓘ
political boundary ⓘ |
| hasFlowCharacteristic |
seasonal
ⓘ
wadi-like ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | boundary between Israelite-controlled territories and Moabite lands ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalType | ephemeral stream ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | approximately -400 meters ⓘ |
| historicallyMarkedBoundaryBetween | Kingdom of Moab and Amorite territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyMarkedBoundaryOf |
Kingdom of Moab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Sihon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jordan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| referencedAs | border of Moab in biblical texts ⓘ |
| region | East of the Dead Sea ⓘ |
| wasStrategicallyImportantIn | Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.