Litani River

This article is about the Lebanese river. For the WWII battle, see Battle of the Litani River. For the South American river, see Litani River (South America).
Litani River
The Litani River in maroon, the Lebanese capital city Beirut in red
Location
CountryLebanon
Physical characteristics
MouthMediterranean Sea
Map
The Upper Litani Basin (ULB)

The Litani River (Arabic: نهر الليطاني, romanized: Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λεόντης, translit. Leóntes, lit. "lion river"), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre. Exceeding 140 kilometres (87 mi) in length, the Litani is the longest river that flows entirely in Lebanon and provides an average annual flow estimated at 920 million cubic meters (over 240 million Imperial gallons or 243 U.S.gallons). [1][2] The Litani provides a major source for water supply, irrigation and hydroelectricity both within Southern Lebanon, and the country as a whole.

  1. ^ "LEBANON, Water resources". FAO UN. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ "The Characteristics of the Litani River". The Litani River Authority. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.