Water politics in the Jordan River basin the salinity of the tributary Yarmouk River is also satisfactory, at 100 ppm, but the lower Jordan river becomes progressively more saline as it flows south. It reaches twenty-five percent salinity (250,000 ppm) where it flows in the Dead Sea, which is about seven times saltier than the ocean. As a resource for freshwater the Jordan River drainage system is vital for most of the population of Palestine, Israel and Jordan, and to a lesser extent in Lebanon and Syria who are able to use water from other national sources. (Although Syrian riparian rights to the Euphrates has been severely
Middle Branch Dead Diamond River to the East Branch of the Dead Diamond, finally joining it in the Atkinson and Gilmanton Grant, less than one mile upstream from the confluence of the East Branch and the West Branch of the Dead Diamond. Middle Branch Dead Diamond River The Middle Branch of the Dead Diamond River is a long river in northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the East Branch of the Dead Diamond River, located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire. The Middle Branch flows for most of its length through Pittsburg, the northernmost town