Dan River (Middle East)

Coordinates: 33°14′56″N 35°39′7″E / 33.24889°N 35.65194°E / 33.24889; 35.65194
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Dan River
Tel Dan
 • locationnorthern Israel
 • coordinates33°14′56″N 35°39′7″E / 33.24889°N 35.65194°E / 33.24889; 35.65194
MouthJordan River
 • location
Sde Nehemia kibbutz in northern Israel
 • coordinates
33°11′15″N 35°37′10″E / 33.18750°N 35.61944°E / 33.18750; 35.61944

The Dan (

Arabic: اللدان, romanized: Leddan) is a tributary of the Jordan River.[1] The sources of the Dan are multiple springs emerging from Tel Dan along underground fault lines.[2] The Dan River joins with the Hasbani River at a point in northern Israel to form the River Jordan.[3]

The river is so named after the

Dan, which was captured by the Tribe of Dan during the Judges period.[4]
The tribe of Dan conquered the city, named Laish at the time, which was then occupied by Canaanites.

Although the Dan River itself is only about 20 km (12 miles) long, its flow provides up to 238 million cubic meters of water annually to the

Tel Dan Nature Reserve
.

References

  1. ^ "Dan River, Israel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(90)90072-6
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  3. MERIP Heightened Israeli-Lebanese Tensions Over Jordan's Headwaters [1] Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. JSTOR 3210948
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