Upper Jordan River system

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The Upper Jordan River system is the northern headwaters network of the Jordan River, fed by major springs and tributaries in the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Upper Jordan River system canonical 2
Upper Jordan 1
Upper Jordan River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf headwaters network ⓘ
river system ⓘ
borderProximity near Lebanon ⓘ
near Syria ⓘ
climateZone Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
drainageBasin Jordan River basin ⓘ
linked to: Jordan River
ecologicalSignificance supports riparian habitats ⓘ
supports wetlands in Hula Valley ⓘ
feeds Jordan River northern reach ⓘ
linked to: Jordan River

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
flowsDirection southward ⓘ
flowsInto Hula Lake area (historical) ⓘ
Jordan River main stem ⓘ
flowsThrough Hula Valley ⓘ
geologicalSetting limestone and karst terrain ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance associated with biblical Jordan River ⓘ
hasFeature karstic springs ⓘ
perennial flow ⓘ
spring-fed tributaries ⓘ
hasSeasonality higher flows in winter and spring ⓘ
hasSourceType snowmelt-fed streams ⓘ
spring ⓘ
hydrologicalProcess groundwater discharge from Mount Hermon aquifers ⓘ
hydrologicalRole major freshwater source for Sea of Galilee ⓘ
primary source of Jordan River flow ⓘ
importance strategic freshwater resource in the Levant ⓘ
locatedIn Golan Heights region ⓘ
linked to: Golan Heights

Mount Hermon region ⓘ
Northern Israel ⓘ
majorTributary Banias River ⓘ
Dan River ⓘ
Hasbani River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementIssue ecological conservation of headwaters ⓘ
water allocation among riparian states ⓘ
nearbyCity Kiryat Shmona ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Banias Nature Reserve ⓘ
Tel Dan Nature Reserve ⓘ
nearbySettlement Dan (kibbutz) ⓘ
linked to: Kibbutz Dan

Snir (kibbutz) ⓘ
partOf Jordan River ⓘ
Levantine hydrological systems ⓘ
region Upper Galilee ⓘ
sourceRegion Golan Heights ⓘ
Mount Hermon ⓘ
waterUse drinking water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banias River → formsPartOf → Upper Jordan River system ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Upper Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Upper Jordan River system
Damascus Eyalet → contains → Upper Jordan River basin ⓘ
linked to: Upper Jordan River system
Nahal Snir → partOf → upper Jordan River system ⓘ
linked to: Upper Jordan River system
Snir River → partOf → Upper Jordan River system ⓘ