Question: where does the river jordan flow out into
Answer: The Jordan River ( also River Jordan ; Hebrew : נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן ‎ Nahar ha - Yarden ; Arabic : نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ ‎ ‎ Nahr al - Urdun , Ancient Greek : Ιορδάνης , Iordànes ) is a 251 - kilometre ( 156 mi ) - long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea .