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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.
[7] [8] The Turner Dam, located 41.8 miles (67.3 km) from the river's mouth (or at river mile 41.8) and within the boundaries of the Jordan Narrows, is the first of two dams of the Jordan River. Turner Dam diverts the water to the right or easterly into the East Jordan Canal and to the left or westerly toward the Utah and Salt Lake Canal .
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.
Location of Jordan River in British Columbia along the southwestern side of Vancouver Island Winter surfing, as seen from the bridge next to Shaky's Burger Shack.. Jordan River, founded as, and still officially gazetted as, River Jordan, [1] is a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Victoria at the mouth ...
As of Monday, Congaree River had crested just over 30 feet — just shy of the 32 feet seen during the “1,000-year flood” that crippled the Midlands in 2015. How to watch Congaree To access ...
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Jordan River (2 C, 15 P) W. Wadis of Jordan (8 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Jordan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Mobile view ...
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...