Jordan River

THE JORDAN RIVER

After walking for hours in the Syrian Desert we finally got where we had been waitting to get to... the JORDAN RIVER!!! We have been waitting for this for hours. Our guide led us to the river and he said that it was fine to get in the water. So we did. It was fun and while we were in the water he was telling us facts about the Jordan River. We didn't really care much but we still listened to what he had to say and he told us that: The Jordan River is 200 miles long North of Isreal. He said its the most important river and the worlds lowest river below sea level. The northern part of the valley is known as a Ghor and it inclueds the JordanRriver. (Which is why they also call the Jordan River the Ghor.) (Ghor in Arabic is Al Ghawr.) The Ghor is a canal known as the King Abdullah Canal. As it nears the Dead Sea its water saltyness increases. Agriculture in the Ghor dates back about 10,000 years ago.