Jordan

Jordan is a river of the Middle East, flowing through the region that was known in ancient days as Palestine, rising on the western side of Mount Hermon, and flows South below Cæsarea-Philippi within banks, after which it expands into lagoons that collect at length into a mass in Lake Merom (Huleh), 2 miles below which it plunges into a gorge and rushes on for 9 miles in a torrent, till it collects again in the Sea of Galilee to lose itself finally in the Dead Sea after winding along a distance of 65 miles as the crow flies. At its rise it is 1080 ft. above and at the Dead Sea 1300 ft. below the sea-level. Its length is 251 km (156 miles). Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east, while Israel and the occupied West Bank lie to its west.

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