Lake Homs ( ar, بحيرة حمص) (also called Lake Qattinah, ar, بحيرة قطينة) is a lake near
Homs,
Syria, fed by the
Orontes River. The lake is from the city of Homs, and spans over .
The lake is artificial, created by the
Lake Homs Dam
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The Lake Homs Dam, also known as Qattinah Dam, is a Roman-built dam near the city of Homs, Syria, which is in use to this day.
History
Contrary to an older hypothesis which tentatively linked the origins of the dam to Egyptian ruler Se ...
at its northern end. The dam's original structure was one of the most visible works of ancient engineering in Syria and in the
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent ( ar, الهلال الخصيب) is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, together with the northern region of Kuwait, southeastern region of ...
. Built by the
ancient Romans, the dam had created a reservoir whose water was conducted to nearby fields through a network of canals.
[Dumper, 2007, p.171.]
References
Bibliography
* {{Citation, title=Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia, first1=Michael, last1=Dumper, first2=Bruce E., last2=Stanley, first3=Janet L., last3=Abu-Lughod, publisher=ABC-CLIO, year=2007, isbn=978-1-57607-919-5
Homs
Homs
Orontes basin