continent dan river 
The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western ___MASK15___ and Egypt . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East ( as opposed to Far East ) beginning in the early 20th century . The Dan River ( Hebrew :  dan , Arabic :  leddan ) is a tributary of the Jordan river . The sources of the river are multiple springs emerging from Tel Dan along underground fault lines . The river is so named after the Israelite city of Dan , which was captured by the Tribe of Dan during the Judges period . The tribe of Dan conquered the city , then named Laish and then occupied by Canaanites . Although the Dan River itself is only about 20 km ( 12 miles ) long , its flow provides up to 238 million cubic meters of water annually to the Hulah Valley . In 1966 , this was a cause of dispute between Israeli water planners and conservationists , with the later prevailing after three years of court appeals and adjudication . The result was a conservation project of about 120 acres ( 0 . 49 km2 ) at the source of the river called the Tel Dan Nature Reserve . The Jordan River ( also River Jordan ; " Nahar ha - Yarden "; " Nahr al - Urdun ", Ancient Greek :  , " Iordànes ") is a - long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and on to the Dead Sea . Israel and the West Bank border the river to the west , while the Golan Heights and Jordan lie to its east . Both Jordan and the West Bank take their names from the river . Jordan ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western ___MASK15___ , on the East Bank of the Jordan River . Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , Syria to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of ___MASK15___ , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is Jordan ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . The West Bank ("" " HaGadah HaMa ' aravit ") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western ___MASK15___ , forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories . The West Bank shares boundaries ( demarcated by the Jordanian - Israeli armistice of 1949 ) to the west , north , and south with Israel , and to the east , across the Jordan River , with Jordan . The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore .