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Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali

Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali (Arabic: النهر الكبير الشمالي, lit.'the northern great river', Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐, rḥbn[1]) is a river in Latakia Governorate, Syria.

Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali
Arabic: النهر الكبير الشمالي, Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐
Location
Country Syria
Physical characteristics
SourceSyrian Coastal Mountain Range
 • locationLatakia Governorate, Syria
 • elevation1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Mouthsouth of Latakia
Length56 km (35 mi)
Basin size1,103.63 km2 (426.11 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average40 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s)

History Edit

During Ugarit period, the river was known as "Raḥbānu".[2][3]

Course Edit

Al-Kabir al-Shamali river rises in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range, north western Syria at the Turkish borders, and runs through a plain area to the south west to finally flow into the Mediterranean Sea south of Latakia.

Dams Edit

  • 16 Tishreen dam, built to be used in power generation, storage of rain and river water, and the creation of Mashqita lake for fishing and tourism.[4]
  • Baradun Dam, is another dam under construction on the river to the north of the previous one.[5] However, the construction was halted during the Syrian Civil War.[6]

References Edit

  1. ^ KTU2 4.143 line 1 – Bordreuil, Pierre (1989). "A propos de la topographie économique de l'Ougarit : jardins du Midi et pâturages du Nord". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 66 (1): 266. doi:10.3406/syria.1989.7110.
  2. ^ The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. Eisenbrauns. 2006. p. 9. ISBN 9781575060293.
  3. ^ Bordreuil, Pierre (1989). "A propos de la topographie économique de l'Ougarit : jardins du Midi et pâturages du Nord". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 66 (1): 266, 270. doi:10.3406/syria.1989.7110.
  4. ^ (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  5. ^ "سوريا: بدء العمل بسد برادون في اللاذقية بتكلفة 2.768 مليار ليرة". albawaba.com (in Arabic). 28 February 2005.
  6. ^ "فيديو.. خطوات لإعادة افتتاح سد برادون بريف اللاذقية الشمالي". alalamtv.net (in Arabic). 19 October 2017.

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