Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali | |
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Lake nestled within the river, 2004 | |
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Location | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Syrian Coastal Mountain Range |
• location | Latakia Governorate, Syria |
• elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
Mouth | south of Latakia |
Length | 56 km (35 mi) |
Basin size | 1,103.63 km2 (426.11 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 40 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s) |
The Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali (Arabic: النهر الكبير الشمالي, lit. 'the northern great river', Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐, rḥbn,[1] in contrast with the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi, lit. 'the southern great river) is a river in Latakia Governorate, Syria.