Jordan river

Earber E, Vengosh A, GavrieU 1, Marie A, BuUen TD, Mayer B, Holtzman R, Segal M, Shavit U (2004) The origin and mechanisms of salinization of the Lower Jordan River. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 68 1989-2006... 

Before 1700 Pollution has been with us a long time. There was copper pollution near Jericho on the west bank of the Jordan river due to copper smelting for tool manufacture thousands of years ago. Deforestation of many areas near the Mediterranean Sea for the building of ships was a... 

Stanton et al., 2001), and hostile states (e.g., the Jordan River, Vengosh et al., 2001 Aral Basin, Weinthal, 2002 Euphrates River, Beaumont, 1996 and the Nile River, Ohlsson, 1995). 

A different type of river salinization in a dryland environment is represented by the Jordan River Basin along the border between Israel and Jordan. A 10-fold reduction of surface water flow in the Jordan River ((50-200) X 10 m today relative to —1,400 X 10 m in historical times) and intensification of shallow groundwater discharge resulted in the salinization of the Jordan River. During August 2001, the salinity of the southern end of the Jordan River, just before its confluence into the Dead Sea, reached 11 g L a quarter of the Mediterranean seawater salinity. Based on Na/Cl, Br/Cl, Sr/ Sr, S B, Ssuifate, and 5l Owater. ( B = [( B/ 1°B),ample/... 

Figure 2 Salinization of the Jordan River, (a) Evolution of the chloride content during the twentieth century as recorded in Ahdalla Bridge, the southern point of the Jordan River before its entry into the Dead Sea. (b) Chloride variation transects along the Jordan River. Distance in km refers to the beginning of the river flow (Alumot dam) below the Sea of Galilee (source Vengosh et al., 2001).

Paul M., Kaufman A., Magaritz M., Fink D., Henning W., Kaim R., Kutschera W., and Meirav (1986) A new 36C1 hydrological model and 36C1 systematics in the Jordan River/Dead Sea system. Nature 321, 511-515. 

The ceremony started at about 10 30 when Maria and her daughter took their positions before a small table that served as their altar. On this table, Wasson reported, were two holy pictures —one depicting Jesus as a child, the other his baptism in the Jordan River. This confirmed, if further proof were needed, that the Mazatecs viewed their ritual as linked in some basic way with Christianity. Furthermore, Wasson noted The Senora had asked us to take care not to invade the corner of the room on the left of the altar table, for down that corner would descend the Holy Ghost (Wasson and Wasson 1957). 

In hot climates, evaporation rates are high and ocean salinity ranges on the upper end of the scale. In the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, salinity may reach 42 percent. Salinity is also elevated in places where little or no new freshwater enters the system, or where water is trapped without a natural outlet. In the Dead Sea, water flows in from the Jordan River, but it has no path by which to leave the system. 

It has been estimated that a total of some 910,000 tonnes of salts per year is entering via the Jordan River. 

In 2006, Rezanka etal44 isolated an antifeedant, syriacin (59), from the freshwater sponge Ephydatia syriaca in the Jordan river. It is an unusual sulfated ceramide glycoside with branched-chain sphingosine and also a branched-chain fatty acid. From the viewpoint of absolute configuration, 59 is very unusual, because it contains both (if)- and (.V)-configured. rcc-butyl terminals in its alkyl chains. It seems to be biosynthesized from precursors with opposite absolute configuration. 

Weathering of continental rocks increases their TDS and concentrations of calcium and bicarbonate relative to sodium and chloride. The composition of streams so affected plot to the left of both diagrams and include the Columbia, Mississippi, Yukon, and Thames rivers. Evaportranspiration from arid climate drainage basins and streams such as the Colorado, Pecos, and Jordan rivers, which receive soil runoff and irrigation return waters, further increase the Na and TDS content of streams. Concomitant precipitation of CaC03 further shifts the prevalent chemical character of such streams back toward NaCl and the chemistry of seawater. 

King Talal Dam is built on the Zarqa River in Jordan to provide irrigation for 59,000 dunams of land along the Jordan River Valley. It is an earth and rockfill dam with a central clay core, about 100 meters high. A cross-section of the dam, shown in Figure 17.10, shows the location of the two major formations, the Kurnub sandstones and the Zarqa limestones, and also the location of two major faults in the left abutment. 

The Jurassic layers are mainly carbonates in the north and they become sandy toward the south. In the north, carbonate rocks of Jurassic age form the aquifer of Mount Hermon, which is the main source of the Jordan River through the Dan and Banias springs. Saline water has been found in deeply buried blocks which were reached by oil exploration wells (Bentor, 1969), in northern Israel. 

The Melchizedek Priests at the Temple of Jerusalem were adepts in many aspects of the chemistry of gold. It strikes me now how easily they could have made shrewbread, manna or whitebread just as I have, scooping Jordan River water from the Brazen Sea in front of the Temple, then mixing it with alkali from a bowl to create the Philosophers Stone in a golden bowl. Yes, right then and there because it doesn t take more than a few minutes. 

I have the advantage of pure chemicals, but I too use the Jordan water or rather reconstituted Dead Sea. The Jordan River and salts from the Dead Sea are hugely prospective for making the Philosophers Stone. In fact, they are ten times better than other seawater, and considered especially good because they do not seem to have the poisonous heavy metal precipitate called a Gilcrest Precipitate. 

In Kenite lore, the divine smith Tubal-cain is also Baal Gad, the goat-god who is the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Gad. He epitomizes the ancient association of smiths with goat and homed gods. A grotto sacred to Baal Gad exists at the source of the Jordan River. It is situated at the base of a high limestone cliff, over which perches the city of Caesarea Philippi. 

Pan. Pan was their universal god and his name meant All Things because he represented fertility. The meaning of Jor-dan is the going down of the Dan and the Greeks thought the Jordan River rose in the grotto of Pan. ... 

The gushing spring of Helicon is equivalent to the source of the Jordan River at Paneas, sixty-three kilometers south of Damascus and twenty kilometers from the triple peaked Mount Hermon. As previously mentioned. Mount Hermon has more than twenty ancient temples, which is unusual for a Phoenician coastal site. However, many regard another mountain, the triple-peaked Mount Lebanon, as the legendary Mount Hermon. 

The Jordan River flows into Lake Gennesaret or the Sea of Galilee, which Josephus describes as delicious and pure with a sandy beach on every side. It is slightly salty due to warm saline springs that enter the floor of the lake. 

The Greek shrine to Pan gives Paneas its name as the legendary source of the marvelous Jordan River. It marks the site of transformation of man from the lowest earthly to the highest celestial form. Sir Francis Bacon was to write that what we know as the Church of Christ, was once the Brotherhood ofPan ... 

The Nile and the Jordan River are similar in more than fine fish... 

There is a purpose for the forgoing description of the bounty of the Jordan River. This is to outline that the fertility of the river s valley is quite possibly due to an exceptionally high level of gold and other regenerative elements. Its waters yield these metals by precipitation with sodium hydroxide, as shown in Appendix 3. 

With the Nile and Jordan Rivers, we just are beginning to understand the volcanic vent, riverbed and seabed sources of the Philosophers Stone, which we shall return to in Chapter 19. The author is indeed indebted to a certain thirty-third degree freemason who grew dog roses in his front garden and many years ago related his excitement about the unusual topic of Jordan River water. 

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In parallel, an organization called The Jewish National Fund, referred to as KKL, which had gained the certificate to develop the Hachula area from the British mandate, made separate plans for the project. However, in November 1950 the KKL realized that their plan necessitated changes in the route of the Jordan River in an area close to the Syrian border and therefore, government approval for implementation of their plan was unavoidable (KKL Board, 1950b). 

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