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For other rivers named Jordan River or River Jordan, see Jordan River (disambiguation) . The Jordan River (in traditional English River Jordan) (Hebrew: × Ö°×Ö·×¨ ×Ö·×Ö·Ö¼×¨Ö°×ÖµÖ¼× â nehar hayarden; Arabic: ÙÙÙÙØ± Ø§ÙÙØ£ÙØ±ÙØ¯ÙÙÙ â nahr al-urdun) is a 251-kilometre (156 mi)-long river in West Asia flowing to the Dead Sea.
The shrinking of the Dead Sea is due to the diversion of water from the Jordan River (which feeds the Dead Sea) and mineral mining from its waters in the south, according to LiveScience. And the shrinking is happening at an alarming rateâthe surface level is dropping more than three feet a year.