Jordan–Israel border

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The Jordan–Israel border is the internationally recognized boundary separating the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, running from the Jordan River and Dead Sea region down to the Red Sea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Israel–Jordan border 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
political boundary
borderCrossingConnects Allenby Bridge – West Bank and Jordan
Sheikh Hussein Bridge – Beit She'an area and Irbid area
Wadi Araba Crossing – Eilat and Aqaba
borderType land border
maritime boundary segment
river border
continent Asia
country1 Israel
surface form: State of Israel
country2 Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
demarcatedIn Israel–Jordan peace treaty annexes
establishedByTreaty Israel–Jordan peace treaty
followsFeature Dead Sea
Jordan River
hasBorderCrossing Allenby Bridge NERFINISHED
crossing of the Jordan River
surface form: Jordan River Crossing

King Hussein Bridge
King Hussein Bridge
surface form: Sheikh Hussein Bridge

Wadi Araba
surface form: Wadi Araba Crossing

Yitzhak Rabin Crossing
hasCheckpointControl Israeli authorities
surface form: Israeli security forces

Jordanian Armed Forces
surface form: Jordanian security forces
hasDemilitarizedOrSpecialZones Naharayim/Baqura area
Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area
legalStatus internationally recognized boundary between Israel and Jordan
lengthInKilometers 307
locatedInRegion Middle East NERFINISHED
nearbyWaterBody Sea of Galilee
surface form: Sea of Galilee region (upper Jordan River area)
partlyDefinedBy Mandate-era boundaries
passesNear Dead Sea
Jordan Valley
recognizedBy United Nations
relatedAgreement armistice lines of 1949
relatedConflict Arab–Israeli conflict
securityRegime heavily monitored
separates Israel
Jordan
terminusSouth Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
terminusSouthOnIsraeliSide Eilat NERFINISHED
terminusSouthOnJordanianSide Aqaba
treatySigningDate 1994-10-26
treatySigningPlace Wadi Araba
usedFor pilgrimage travel
tourism between Israel and Jordan
trade between Israel and Jordan

Referenced by (2)

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

this entity surface form: Israel–Jordan border
Israel–Jordan peace treaty placeSigned Jordan–Israel border