Wikipedia's first sentence called it “elongated depression located in modern-day israel and jordan”. Today it says “elongated endorheic basin located in modern-day israel”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Geographic region This article is about the geology of the valley. A 2003 satellite image of the region showing the Jordan Rift Valley The Jordan Rift Valley , often just Jordan Valley ( Bik'at HaYarden , Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr ), also called the Syro-African Depression , is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel , Jordan , and Palestine .1 This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River – from its sources, through the Hula Valley , the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee , the (Lower) Jordan Valley , all the way to the Dead Sea , the lowest land elevation on Earth – and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the Red Sea proper at the Straits of Tiran .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Sinai Peninsula is in center and the Dead Sea and Jordan River valley above The Jordan Rift Valley ( Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr ) is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel and Jordan . This geographic region includes the Jordan River , Jordan Valley , Hula Valley , Lake Tiberias and the Dead Sea , the lowest land elevation on Earth.
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This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River – from its sources, through the Hula Valley , the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee , the (Lower) Jordan Valley , all the way to the Dead Sea , the lowest land elevation on Earth – and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the Red Sea .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Geographic region in the Levant This article is about the geology of the valley.Bik'at Hayarden A 2003 satellite image of the region showing the Jordan Rift Valley The Jordan Rift Valley , also Jordan Valley ( Bīqʿāt haYardēn , Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr ), also called the Syro-African Depression , is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel and Jordan . This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River – from its sources, through the Hula Valley , the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee , the (Lower) Jordan Valley , all the way to the Dead Sea , the lowest land elevation on Earth – and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the Red Sea proper at the Straits of Tiran .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Geographic region in the Levant This article is about the geology of the valley. Bik'at Hayarden A 2003 satellite image of the region showing the Jordan Rift Valley The Jordan Rift Valley , also Jordan Valley ( Hebrew : בִּקְעָת הַיַרְדֵּן Bīqʿāt haYardēn , Arabic : الغور Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr ), is an elongated endorheic basin located in modern-day Israel , Jordan and the West Bank , Palestine . This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River – from its sources, through the Hula Valley , the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee , the (Lower) Jordan Valley , all the way to the Dead Sea , the lowest land elevation on Earth – and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the Red Sea proper at the Straits of Tiran .
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elongated depression located in modern-day israel and jordan
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elongated endorheic basin located in modern-day israel
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