Jordan River
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Summary
Jordan River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,583 views/month, #19 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Lebanon[3], Palestine[4], Jordan[5], Syria[6], Israel[7]
- Instance of: border river[8], sacred river[9]
- Basin country: Jordan[10], Palestine[11], Lebanon[12], Syria[13]
- Commons category: Jordan River[14]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Dead Sea[15]
- Lake on watercourse: Sea of Galilee[16]
- Origin of the watercourse: Golan Heights[17], Sde Nehemia[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jordan River[19]
- Tributary: Yarmouk River[20], Zarqa River[21], Wadi al-Far'a[22], Wadi Qelt[23], Dan River[24], Harod stream[25], Banyas[26], Hasbani River[27], Wādī Shūbāsh[28], Nahal Dishon[29], Wadi el Maleh[30], Nachal Anin[31], Naẖal Avuqa[32], Hagal Stream[33]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Jordan River basin[34]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Jordan River include Jordan[40], a sovereign state[41], in Jordan[42], founded in 1946[43]; West Bank[44], an occupied territory[45], in Palestine[46], founded in 1949[47]; From the river to the sea[48], a political slogan[49], founded in 1960[50]; and it[51], a river[52], in United States[53].
Why It Matters
Jordan River has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Jordan[40], a sovereign state[41], in Jordan[42], founded in 1946[43]; West Bank[44], an occupied territory[45], in Palestine[46], founded in 1949[47]; From the river to the sea[48], a political slogan[49], founded in 1960[50]; and it[51], a river[52], in United States[53].