Cross over to this continent and our very own Jordan River, which pales in size at only 40 miles long, connecting Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake. We don't know what the Utes, Goshutes and ancient ...

WEST JORDAN — Work is getting underway again to give the Jordan River ecosystem a boost. Various entities gathered at the Big Bend Restoration Area on Friday to celebrate the beginning of a new ...

The sole source of water for the Dead Sea - the lowest place on Earth at 1,378 feet below sea level - is the Jordan River, which travels from north of the Sea of Galilee before draining into this ...

baptism ceremony Jordan river 370 (photo credit: Reuters) By SHARON UDASIN NOVEMBER 23, 2013 16:16 With the aim of reviving a natural water source that is a key historical component to the three ...

On a stunning midwinter’s day, with blue sky above and a gentle breeze blowing, I stand on the banks of the River Jordan, a 30 minute walk from the Sea of Galilee. To my left is a small dam; the ...

The Jordan River’s main water source is precipitation from Mount Hermon, a snow-covered peak shared uneasily by Israel and Syria in the north. Three streams originating in Lebanon, Israel and the ...

But over the past five decades, Israel, Jordan and Syria have diverted about 98 percent of the Jordan River and its tributaries for drinking water and agricultural use. Only 700 million to about 1 ...

David Myers made a 1000-mile solo circuit of the Jordan river watershed. His journey took him through two deserts, three ...

To me, the Jordan River represents (1) comfort in God’s providential care, (2) choice of different personal priorities; (3) crossing over from an old way of existence to new repentant life; (4 ...

The River Jordan, which rises on the slopes of Mt Hermon on the Syria-Lebanon border and flows 250km to end its journey emptying into the Dead Sea, is a vital source of water for the country which ...

This is today’s lower Jordan River. Because Jordan, Syria and Israel remove nearly all the fresh water from the river and its source streams, the lower Jordan has been reduced to a mere 2 percent of ...

Jesus' baptism site overlooking the Jordan River, 6 miles north of the Dead Sea. The Jordanian site includes the spot where UNESCO says Jesus was believed to have been baptized, now inland after ...