Most volcanoes occur near the Earth's plate boundaries, but some do not. For example, the Hawaiian islands have been formed over millions of years by volcanic eruptions thousands of miles from the edges of the Pacific plate.Island formation is still happening on Hawaii every time the shield volcanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa erupt.ost volcanoes occur near the Earth's plate boundaries, but some do not. For example, the Hawaiian islands have been formed over millions of years by volcanic eruptions thousands of miles from the edges of the Pacific plate.
Jordan River. The Jordan River (also River Jordan; Hebrew: × Ö°×Ö·×¨ ×Ö·×Ö·Ö¼×¨Ö°×ÖµÖ¼×â Nahar ha-Yarden; Arabic: ÙÙÙÙØ± Ø§ÙÙØ£ÙØ±ÙØ¯ÙÙÙââ Nahr al-Urdun, Ancient Greek: Î¹Î¿ÏÎ´Î¬Î½Î·Ï, IordÃ nes) is a 251-kilometre (156 mi)-long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea.
Jordan /jor-dan/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Jordan) is pronounced JOR-dan. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jordan is down-flowing. Name of the major river in Palestine, used as a given name since the Crusades.The short form Jordi is also a Catalan variant of George.elow is a graphed comparison of the usage of the boy name Jordan and corresponding names. George (#134 last year) , Jared (#296) , Jarod, Jarred, Jarrod, Jerad, Jerrod, Jorden, Jordi, Jordon, Jordy (#927) , Jordyn (#895) , Jorge (#207) , Jory and Judd are the popular varying forms of Jordan (#55 last year) .