Jordan River
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The Jordan River or River Jordan, also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat, is a 251-kilometre-long endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the D
Jordan River
Aerial view, 1938
Coloured postcard of the Jordan River, by Karimeh Abbud, c. 1925
Rafting on Jordan River, northern Galilee
Endorheic basin
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An endorheic basin is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water. Instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swam
Jordan River
…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. The river passes by or through Jordan…
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NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin, China
The Okavango Delta (centre) of southern Africa, where the Okavango River spills out into the empty trough of the Kalahari Desert. The area was a lake fed by the river during the Ice Ages (national borders are superimposed).
The Caspian Sea, a large inland basin