Water politics in the Jordan River basin floodplain, the "zhor" (or "Zur"), with a wildly meandering course, which accounts for the excessive length of the river in comparison to the straight-line distance to reach the Dead Sea. Small dams were built along the river within the Zhor, turning the former thickets of reeds, tamarisk, willows, and white poplars into irrigated fields. After flowing through the Zur, the Jordan drains into the Dead Sea across a broad, gently sloping delta. In the upper Jordan river basin, upstream of the Sea of Galilee, the tributaries include: The lower Jordan River tributaries include: The riparian rights to the Jordan River
Dead River (Sabattus River tributary) the north, in the northern part of Leeds. Dead River (Sabattus River tributary) The Dead River is a tributary of Sabattus Pond in the U.S. state of Maine. Via the Sabattus River, the outflow of the pond, the Dead River is part of the Androscoggin River watershed, flowing to the Kennebec River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. The Dead River rises in the southern part of the town of Leeds and flows south, passing through the northwest corner of the town of Wales, then flowing through Greene to its outlet at the north end of Sabattus Pond. Another Dead River