LITANI RIVER


Meaning of LITANI RIVER in English

River, southern Lebanon.

Rising west of Baalbek , it flows southwest between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains to enter the Mediterranean Sea south of Sidon. Its lower course is known as Q 0101; simiyyah. Although only 90 mi (145 km) long, the river irrigates one of Lebanon's most extensive farming regions, the Biq 0101; Valley .

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