The Jordan River or River Jordan ( , Nahr al-Urdunn, , Nahar ha-Yarden; ), also known as Nahr Al Sharieat ( ), is a 251 kilometers river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: כנרת Kinneret, Arabic: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) and on to the Dead Sea.