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Jordan Valley is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Ontario , OR – ID Micropolitan Statistical Area . The city lies along Jordan Creek , a tributary of the Owyhee River ; the creek is named for a 19th-century prospector, Michael M. Jordan. [ 5 ]
The Jordan river, in the middle of the Jordan valley, was the border between these two entities. This agreement split the Jordan valley, which during Ottoman times was under a single administration, to two distinct entities. Following the division, the concept of an east and west bank of the Jordan, as separate territorial units took hold.
Reasons for garrisoning the Jordan Valley include – The road from the Hedjaz railway station at Amman to Shunet Nimrin opposite the Ghoraniyeh crossing of the Jordan River, remained a serious strategic threat to the British right flank as a large German and Ottoman force could very quickly be moved from Amman to Shunet Nimrin and a major attack mounted into the valley. [6]
Jordan Valley may also refer to: Jordan Rift Valley, an elongated geographical depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, of which the Jordan Valley is a part; Jordan Valley, Hong Kong, north of Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong District Jordan Valley (constituency), a constituency in Kwun Tong District; Jordan Valley, Oregon, U.S.
An ancient underground quarry in the Jordan Valley was discovered in 2009 by University of Haifa archeologists. [3] [4] The quarry is located about 3 miles (5 km) north of Jericho, West Bank. [3] [4] [5]
The landscape of the Balqa as seen from a hill in the Baqa'a suburb of Amman. The Balqa (Arabic: البلقاء; transliteration: al-Balqāʾ), known colloquially as the Balga, is a geographic region in central Jordan generally defined as the highlands east of the Jordan Valley in between the Zarqa River to the north and the Wadi Mujib gorge to the south.
The Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan, commonly known as the "Johnston Plan", was a plan for the unified water resource development of the Jordan Valley. It was negotiated and developed by United States Special Representative Eric Johnston between 1953 and 1955, and based on an earlier plan commissioned by United Nations Relief and Works Agency ...
Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city, is built on the banks of the Zarqa River, and is the largest settlement along its course. The town of Zarqa was founded in 1902 by Chechen immigrants. [ 33 ] Its population grew rapidly with an influx of Palestinian refugees who fled the West Bank during the Six-Day War .