query: continent dan river 
supports: The West Bank ("" "HaGadah HaMa'aravit") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, 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. 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 Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia 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. Jordan ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia, 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 Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic, political and cultural centre. 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.
candidates: asia europe
answer: asia