, uga, 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐
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Syrian Coastal Mountain Range
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Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey's Hata ...
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Syria
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Latakia
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Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali ( ar, النهر الكبير الشمالي, lit=the northern great river,
Ugaritic
Ugaritic () is an extinct Northwest Semitic language, classified by some as a dialect of the Amorite language and so the only known Amorite dialect preserved in writing. It is known through the Ugaritic texts discovered by French archaeologist ...
: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐, ''rḥbn'') is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in
Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey's Hata ...
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Syria.
History
During
Ugarit
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period, the river was known as "''Raḥbānu''".
Course
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
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...
south of
Latakia.
Dams
*''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.
*''Baradun Dam'', is another dam under construction on the river to the north of the previous one. However, the construction was halted during the
Syrian Civil War.
References
Rivers of Syria
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Ugarit