Meanings
- A city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
- An area of Kwun Tong district, Hong Kong.
A housing development in Jordan Valley will go ahead despite faultlines and landfill gas, legislators were told yesterday.
1999 June 24, “Flats approved despite gas”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 20232 more examples
Two sets of joints intersect at an angle to form a wedge failure on the free face of the blasting bench may cause flyrock due to the reduction of burde. Figure 1.38 shows a flyrock accident in the project of Jordan Valley, Hong Kong, in 2003.
2017, Dingxiang Zou, “Geology”, in Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33In 2003, more than 300 people were infected at Amoy Gardens in Jordan Valley with SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) due to a suspected fault in the plumbing system.
2020 December 10, Candice Chau, “Covid-19: Kowloon Bay estate flats evacuated as Hong Kong rolls out new distancing rules and HK$5k fines”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2025, Hong Kong
Origin
* The city in Oregon, United States is named after prospector Michael M. Jordan. * The area in Hong Kong is named after Gregory Paul Jordan.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 佐敦谷
- 佐敦谷Translations
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Jordan Valley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jordan%20Valley
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