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Contents 1 Name of article should be "River Jordan" 2 Category 3 Pop culture/trivia section? 4 Not the Great Rift Valley

[edit] Name of article should be "River Jordan"

In the English language, this river is known as 'the River Jordan', and the article name should reflect that. Why is it called Jordan River instead? — Nicholas (reply) @ 22:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

That's true afaik. Maybe Americans call it the Jordan River? 86.134.138.38 (talk) 17:40, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Category

Regarding Category:Rivers of Syria - strictly speaking, the Jordan River is not a river of Syria, as no part of it passes through Syria. It is relevant to the geography of Syria, though, since the international border of Syria with Palestine/Israel (since 1923) is 50m East of the river at parts, and the demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel from 1948 to 1967 included parts of the river. If there is no objection, I will revert back to Category:Geography of Syria.--Doron 22:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Makes sense to me. Jayjg ^(talk) 06:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As the Yarmouk river is a major tributary to this river and the banias river comes from Golan Heights who the united nations and most of the world agree that it is a syrian occupied territory, I believe the latest revision by me is the most accurate. I would like to thank you Doron for the good modifications earlier. I say do not revert. 129.130.15.91 01:01, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

The sentence in question refers to the Northern Jordan, not its tributaries. It is clearly specified that the sources are in Lebanon and the Golan Heights, but the Northern Jordan itself is within the boundaries of Israel according to the 1923 international border between the British Mandate of Palestine and the French Mandate of Syria. The border is delineated 50 meters east of the river. During the 1948 Israeli-Arab war, Syria advanced to the bank of the Jordan (and crossed it in a few points), and the area it occupied remained a demilitarized zone according to the armistice agreement until 1967. During this period, the Jordan river became the de facto border between Syria and Israel, though no other country (as far as I know) recognizes this change of borders. The 1923 border (which, includes the whole of the Northern Jordan River within Israel) is widely recognized.--Doron 08:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pop culture/trivia section?

I stumbled across this page while prepping to write Jordan River Dam, which is in Jordan River, British Columbia, which other than being named for it has little to do with the river in the Holy Land (unless there's surfing in Galilee). But after a quick browse of the page I gotta wonder if there shouldn't be a section on pop culture, or at least a mention of the more famous spirituals, e.g. Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, We shall gather at the river and so on......I think you'll find the equivalents on Missouri River and Mississippi River, maybe the Rhine.Skookum1 (talk) 14:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not the Great Rift Valley

The Jordan River flows in the Jordan River Valley. The Great Rift Valley is in East Africa. Moreover, most geologists consider the geologic feature which runs through the Jordan River Valley to be a transform fault, not a rift or ridge. And they do not refer to it as the "Jordan" fault or rift, but the Dead Sea Transform (DST) or Rift. It has some extensional features, but in general, it manifests left lateral motion between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate. Tmangray (talk) 00:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)