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The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
City Creek is a small but historically important mountain stream that flows from City Creek Canyon and across part of Salt Lake City, Utah, and into the Jordan River which empties into the Great Salt Lake. City Creek's head is about 8 miles (13 km) up City Creek Canyon northeast of Downtown Salt Lake City. The entire stream measures only about ...
The United States Geological Survey maintains a stream gauge in Salt Lake City that shows annual runoff from the period 1980–2003 is just over 150,000 acre-feet (190,000,000 m 3) per year or 100 percent of the total 800,000 acre-feet (990,000,000 m 3) of water entering the Jordan River from all sources.
The lake's only river outlet, the Jordan River, is a tributary of the Great Salt Lake. Evaporation accounts for 42% of the lake's outflow, which leaves the lake slightly saline. The elevation of the lake is at 4,489 feet (1,368 m) above sea level. If the lake's water level rises above that, the pumps and gates on the Jordan River are left open.
Jordan River (2 C, 15 P) W. Wadis of Jordan (8 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Jordan" ... Arava Stream; J. Jordan River; W. Wadi al-Hasa; Wadi Mujib; Wadi Numeira ...
Its mouth is at its confluence with the Jordan River, west of Draper at an elevation of 4,318 feet (1,316 m). [1] Its source is located at an elevation of 4,980 feet (1,520 m) at 40°32′47″N 111°48′42″W / 40.54639°N 111.81167°W / 40.54639; -111.81167 , the confluence of Big Willow Creek [ 2 ] and Rocky Mouth Canyon [ 3 ...
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It is the largest stream in the West Bank. [1] Wadi al-Far'a is located in the rugged area of the West Bank and cuts east through the Jordan Valley, passing through the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a. The Tirzah Reservoir is used to collect the floodwater of Wadi al-Far'a before it flows into the Jordan River. [2]