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	Jordan River
		River of Israel, Palestine and Jordan, 320 km long, and starts where the Hasbani River of Lebanon, and Banias River from Syria meet.
		Sea of Galilee is part of the Jordan River system, and the Yarmuk River of Syria is an important tributary further downstream.
		For Christians, the point where the Jordan River runs out of the Sea of Galilee, is holy and considered to be the place where Jesus was baptized.
	i-cias.com /e.o/jordan_r.htm (217 words)

	Jordan River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South of the lake, it forms the border between the kingdom of Jordan (to the east) and Israel (to the west).
		The waters of the Jordan are an extremely important resource to the dry lands of the area and are a bone of contention between Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians.
		The Jordan was said to be crossed dry-shod by Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2: 8, 14).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jordan_River (791 words)

	Jordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel and West Bank to the west.
		Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west.
		Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per capita GDP was approximately $1,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jordan (2736 words)

	Bible Study - The Jordan River
		The Jordan River is mentioned frequently in The Bible, about 175 times in the Old Testament (see Old Testament Fact File) and about 15 times in the New Testament (New Testament Fact File).
		Jacob was renamed Israel at the ford of the Jabbok River, a tributary of the Jordan: "The same night he arose and took his two wives [see Leah and Rachel], his two maids, and his eleven children [The Tribes Of Israel], and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
		The Jordan River was the area where John The Baptist conducted much of his ministry.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000406.htm (550 words)

	JORDAN
		The main rivers in Jordan are the Jordan, the Yarmouk, and the Zarqa.
		For Jordan the main projects were the rehabilitation of the East Gohr Canal, the repair of the Yarmouk main canal tunnel, and the constructions of the rockfill dam on the Zarqa River - the King Talal dam.
		The Jordan's main sources are the Hasbani River, which flows from Lebanon to Israel, the Banyas River, which flows from Syria to Israel, the Dan River, which begins and flows inside Israel, and the Yarmouk River, which begins near the Golan Heights and flows to the Jordan River.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/JORDAN.HTM (2767 words)

	Jordan River - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		The name, Jordan, means "flowing downward" or "the descender." It descends 689 feet from Lake Huleh to the Sea of Galilee and then another 610 feet from Galilee to the Dead Sea.
		The width of the Jordan varies from ninety to one hundred feet, while its depth measures three to ten feet.
		The prophet Elisha commanded the Syrian general, Naaman, to wash in the Jordan River seven times to be healed of his leprosy.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/jordan_river.htm (450 words)

	Jordan River
		River of Israel, Palestine and Jordan, 320 km long, and starts where the Hasbani River of Lebanon, and Banias River from Syria meet.
		Sea of Galilee is part of the Jordan River system, and the Yarmuk River of Syria is an important tributary further downstream.
		For Christians, the point where the Jordan River runs out of the Sea of Galilee, is holy and considered to be the place where Jesus was baptised.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/jordan_r.htm (228 words)

	Jordan River Watershed Description (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Water is imported to the Provo River from the Weber Basin by the Weber-Provo Canal and from the Uinta Basin through the Duchesne Tunnel.
		The Jordan River watershed is bounded on the east by the Wasatch Mountains, on the west by the Oquirrh Mountains, and on the south by the Traverse Range.
		The Jordan River Watershed is unique in that it is a closed basin formed by three mountain ranges and the Great Salt Lake.
	waterquality.utah.gov /watersheds/jordan/watershed_description.htm (1146 words)

	Jordan (09/05)
		Jordan signed a mutual defense pact in May 1967 with Egypt, and it participated in the June 1967 war between Israel and the Arab states of Syria, Egypt, and Iraq.
		Jordan exported $6.9 million in goods to the U.S. in 1997, when two-way trade was $395 million; it exported $1.02 billion in 2004 and $406 million in the first five months of 2005, with two-way trade at $1.57 billion and $636 million respectively.
		Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per capita GDP, as reported by the Government of Jordan, was $2,164 for 2004, and 13.4% of the economically active population was unemployed at the end of 2004.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3464.htm (3016 words)

	Jordan River
		The Jordan River Valley is part of the one the longest and deepest scars in the earth's surface, the giant Syrian-East African Rift, stretching some 4,000 miles from Mount Amonos in the Turkish province of Hatay in the north, to Africa in the south.
		The river flows in a rugged and tortuous course through a ravine varying in width from 200 yards to half a mile, and in depth from 40 to 150 feet.
		The Jordan is a dirty brown color and not at all beautiful, and because of its shallow, winding course, it is not navigable.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/palestine/jordanriver.htm (1256 words)

	Is Jordan Palestine? - article by Daniel Pipes
		A second Palestinian state to the west of the River is a prescription for anarchy." A clandestine agreement in 1987 between the Likud party and Faysal al-Husayni, the Palestinian activist, reportedly recognized Palestinian sovereignty east of the Jordan River.
		But the Jordan River historically divided the two banks much as would a major river; as Henry Van Dyke wrote in 1908, the Jordan "is a flowing, everlasting symbol of division, of separation." Further, the river is part of a much larger geographic feature-the Rift Valley-which thoroughly impedes intercourse between the two sides.
		Further from the river banks, the territory is either badlands or what Lynch called "a perfect desert, traversed by warlike tribes." Children born in the spring or summer routinely died in infancy of malaria.
	www.danielpipes.org /article/298 (7702 words)

	Jordan River. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Jordan River, 60 mi/97 km long, draining Utah L. N into Great Salt L., N central Utah, passing through Lehi, Sandy, West Valley City, and Salt L. City.
		Fed by numerous streams flowing off the Wasatch Range, the Jordan is used for irrigation and forms the heart of the Utah Oasis.
		Named for Jordan R. in Middle East to which it bears an uncanny resemblance, flowing from a freshwater lake to a salt water lake and providing sustenance to a dry climate region.
	www.bartleby.com /69/22/J01922.html (133 words)

	Holy Land Network - Jordan River History and Jordan River Pictures
		Jordan River - the major river in ancient Israel, from its main source at Banias in the foothill of Mount Hermon, the Jordan River runs south in a great crack in the earth's surface where two tectonic plates meet.
		Jesus Christ was baptized in the Bethany across the Jordan River (John 1.28) He traveled south to Jordan River to meet John the Baptist who was baptizing in the river all who came and repented of their sins.
		Yardenit) at the point where the Jordan River flows out of the Sea of Galilee and be baptized in the waters of the Jordan.
	holylandnetwork.com /jordan_river/jordan_history.htm (427 words)

	Jordan River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Within the Jordan River Basin, the Salt Lake Valley is bounded on the east by the Wasatch Mountains and on the west by the Oquirrh Mountains.
		The 50-mile Jordan River is the centerpiece, dividing the Salt Lake Valley nearly in half.
		Water diversions from the Jordan River, fed by storage in Utah Lake, irrigated thousands of acres of farmland, providing the necessary food and grains for the early settlers to survive in the semi-arid valley boarding the Great Western Desert to the west.
	www.ci.slc.ut.us /utilities/NewsEvents/news2001/news11052001.htm (2828 words)

	Jordan, river, Asia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Irrigation pipe near the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee.
		Russian Orthodox nuns from Jerusalem, at the Jordan River for the Blessings of the waters on Epiphany.
		Jordan River baptismal site,US and S.African tourists being baptised.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0826604.html (352 words)

	Jordan (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		The river thus formed is at this point about 45 feet wide, and flows in a channel from 12 to 20 feet below the plain.
		Down through the midst of the "plain of Jordan" there winds a ravine varying in breadth from 200 yards to half a mile, and in depth from 40 to 150 feet.
		There are two considerable affluents which enter the river between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, both from the east.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/jordan.html (888 words)

	Jordan
		The Middle East kingdom of Jordan is bordered on the west by Israel and the Dead Sea, on the north by Syria, on the east by Iraq, and on the south by Saudi Arabia.
		Jordan was swept into the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, however, and lost the old city of Jerusalem and all of its territory west of the Jordan River, the West Bank.
		Jordan's stance during the Persian Gulf War strained relations with the U.S. and led to the termination of U.S. aid.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107670.html (1176 words)

	Jordan River - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Jordan River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		River rising on Mount Hermon, Syria, at 550 m/1,800 ft above sea level and flowing south for about 320 km/200 mi via the Lake of Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee) to the Dead Sea, 390 m/1,290 ft below sea level.
		The highest source is 520 m/1,706 ft above sea level to the west of Mount Hermon, near to the village of Hasbeya; under the name of the Hasbany it flows to join the Leddan and the Baniasi, which unite into one stream.
		The bathing-place of the pilgrims is supposed to be the scene of the baptism of Christ, the miraculous division of the waters by the cloak of Elijah, and the legend of St Christopher, who is said to have carried the infant Christ across the river.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Jordan+River (372 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Jordan river may dry up (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Jordan river, where Christians believe Jesus was baptised, is heavily polluted with sewage and is in danger of drying up after decades of conflict and intense agricultural use, environmentalists say.
		The river meanders for 200km along the lush Jordan Valley, separating Jordan, Israel and the West Bank.
		Jordan then constructed a canal in the 1970s to divert water out of the Yarmuk River, a main tributary of the Jordan, to water its farmland, said Mehyar, a Jordanian.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/306C36B7-BE81-41EB-BB2F-A0BE01F9063D.htm (637 words)

	Fly Fishing the Jordan River in Michigan
		The Jordan is a small to medium size river located in the northern part of Michigan's lower peninsula.
		A beautiful and pristine river will be found encased in a forest of hardwoods and characterized with a bottom of silt, sand, gravel and large rocks.
		Michigan's Jordan River provides the angler with migratory runs of steelhead and salmon from fall through spring along with quality hatches of mayflies for its resident trout throughtout the summer.
	www.flyfishingconnection.com /jordan.html (626 words)

	The Peace Encyclopedia: Jordan, Transjordan
		Jordan was created in the part of the British Mandate of Palestine east of the Jordan River, the majority of the Mandate.
		On August 23,1959, the Prime Minister of Jordan stated, "We are the Government of Palestine, the army of Palestine and the refugees of Palestine.
		These characteristics distinguish the Jordan from all the other rivers of the earth, and make its formation a profound study to the geologist--one that has never yet been explained in attempting to trace back the history of this old world.
	www.yahoodi.com /peace/jordan.html (1551 words)

	River Jordan Internet Service Company Profile
		River Jordan caters to the Internet needs of small businesses, and home users, providing Dial Up Internet, DSL High Speed Internet, Web Hosting and Web Design Services.
		According to Ephraim Makuve, the founder of River Jordan
		Excellence is not an accident with the River Jordan team.
	www.riverjordan.com /company_profile.asp (723 words)

	Jordan River Project - GTRLC
		Friends of the Jordan River, Inc., the Charlevoix County Land Conservancy, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, the Charlevoix Community Foundation, and the state of Michigan all had kept a watchful eye on this outstanding property.
		All of the partners and donors involved in the project understand that the protection of the Jordan River Watershed is dependent on protecting the environmental quality of the land within it.
		According to John Richter, President of Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, "the fact that the Dearborn piece could be protected is especially rewarding because it is such an nice parcel: it's undeveloped state, the age of the trees, and the quality of Jordan River frontage all make it outstanding.
	www.gtrlc.org /happen/hap2003/01/hap0127.htm (571 words)

	River Jordan, Baptism Land 2000 - Amman, Jordan
		The only major river in the area, it was extremely important as a source of water during biblical times.
		Although there are endless biblical references to the River Jordan, its primary importance in the New Testament is in conjunction with Bethany (Al-Maghtas) and the baptism of Jesus.
		Besides being a real boundary, the River Jordan also plays an important role as a symbolic crossing point: Jesus had to cross the Jordan to be baptized by John, and Elijah crossed the Jordan before ascending to heaven on a chariot of fire.
	holysites.com /riverjordan.htm (157 words)

	Jordan River (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Jordan River is the longest and most important river in Palestine.
		Beginning in foothills of Mt. Hermon, the Jordan River flows southward through the Sea of Galilee and eventually empties into the Dead Sea, some 1292 feet below the level of the Mediterranean Sea.
		John the Baptist baptized in the Jordan River.
	www.abu.nb.ca /courses/NTIntro/images/jordan.htm (67 words)

	Jordan River
		The Jordan has its source in three headstreams whose waters are drawn mainly from the precipitation on top of Mount Hermon and also from scores of springs.
		Since the tribes of Israel under Joshua crossed the Jordan to enter Erez Israel after the Exodus from Egypt, the Jordan river has come to have a deep significance for Jews, symbolizing the gateway to the homeland after years of wandering in exile in the desert.
		The river is also important to Christians because John the Baptist performed baptisms on its banks and Jesus was baptized there.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/100/places/jordan.html (488 words)

	Israel21c
		The demise of the river is typical of many environmental tragedies in that it is the result of a conflict of interests where one or more interests override all the others.
		Bordered by Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority and lying at the crossroads of three continents, the 'lowest' river in the world is of tremendous ecological and cultural significance.
		The river is considered holy by all three major monotheistic religions, and is famous as a bird migration area.
	www.israel21c.org /bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l935&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Democracy (1206 words)

	Jordan River National Fish Hatchery
		The hatchery is located in the beautiful Jordan River Valley and is a popular stopping point during fall color tours and winter snowmobiling.
		Access to the hatchery is from US-131 at Turner Road and also from the Jordan River Road.
		JORDAN RIVER NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY FACT SHEET
	www.fws.gov /midwest/JordanRiver (284 words)

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