page_title: Jordan River
section_title: Roads, border crossings, bridges
hierarchical_section_title: Jordan River / Roads, border crossings, bridges
caption_attribution_description: THe Jordan river in Northern Galilee is an excellent site for rafting with the family. The picture shows rafts that can be hired on the spot. Photo by Itamar Grinberg.
context_page_description: The Jordan River or River Jordan, also known as Nahr Al Sharieat, is a 251-kilometre-long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea. Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east, while the West Bank and Israel lie to its west. Both Jordan and the West Bank take their names from the river.
  The river holds major significance in Judaism and Christianity since the Bible says that the Israelites crossed it into the Promised Land and that Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist in it.
caption: Rafting on Jordan River, Northern Galilee
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