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Jordan River

The Jordan River (in traditional English River Jordan) (Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן nehar hayarden; Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ nahr al-urdun) is a 251-kilometre (156 mi)-long river in West Asia flowing to the Dead Sea. Israel and the West Bank border the river to the west, while the Golan Heights and Jordan lie to its east. Both Jordan and the West Bank take their names from the river.

The river has a major significance in Judaism and Christianity and, to a more moderate degree, Islam, as the site where the Israelites crossed into the Promised Land and where Jesus of Nazareth was baptised by John the Baptist.

Physical characteristics

Tributaries

The streams coming together to create the River Jordan in its upper basin are, west to east:

  • Iyyon (Hebrew: עיון Iyyon, Arabic: دردره Dardara or براغيث Braghith – on old PEF maps (1871–77) as Wadi el-Kharrar in the Merj 'Ayun area and Nahr Bareighit in its lower part), a stream which flows from Lebanon.
  • Hasbani (Arabic: الحاصباني Hasbani, Hebrew: either שניר Snir or Hatzbani), a stream which flows from Mount Lebanon.
  • Jordan Village, Connecticut

    Jordan is a village in the town of Waterford, Connecticut, and the historic center of the town. It was named from the Jordan River. The village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Jordan Village Historic District in 1990. The district includes 58 contributing buildings and one other contributing site over an area of 57 acres (23 ha). It includes examples of Greek Revival and Queen Anne architectural styles.

    Location

    Jordan Village is located on land known historically as Jordan Plain, a flat land area at the head of Jordan Cove, an estuary off Long Island Sound. The historic district surrounds the intersection of Rope Ferry Road and North Road.

    See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut
  • References

    Jordan (Bishop of Poland)

    Jordan (died in 982 or 984) was the first Bishop of Poland from 968 with his seat, most probably, in Poznań. He was an Italian or German.

    Most evidence shows that he was missionary bishop subordinate directly to the Pope. He arrived in Poland, probably from Italy or the Rhineland, in 966 with Doubravka of Bohemia to baptise Mieszko I of Poland. After the death of Jordan until 992 the throne of the Bishop of Poland was vacant, or there was a bishop of unknown name (the first theory is more probable). His successor, from 992, was Unger.

    References

  • Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.
  • Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny. Warszawa-Poznań, 1983. ISBN 83-01-02722-3

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    Forty years the wilderness held my sad children
    Promises of lands that flow with milk and honey
    Hold me Jordan, hold me Jordan
    The builders of the wall, the temple fell
    The sun and moon stood still circled by
    By the twelve stones of Jordan, hold me Jordan
    Tomorrow you will walk on water
    Oh, twelve stones, twelve stones of Jordan
    Tomorrow you will take me down to the river
    Oh, twelve stones, twelve stones of Jordan
    Well, divided were the waters at the feet of the priests
    And did you see me Joshua, standing in the Jordan
    See the open wounds flowing from your hands
    Flowing from your feet, hold me Jordan
    Tomorrow you will walk on water
    Oh, twelve stones, twelve stones of Jordan
    Tomorrow you will take me down to the river
    Oh, twelve stones, twelve stones of Jordan
    Oh, now you hungry my sad children
    And are you thirsty, run to the river
    And are you angry my sad children




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