Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali

Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali Arabic: النهر الكبير الشمالي, Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐
Lake nestled within the river, 2004
Location
Country	Syria
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 km^2 (426.11 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	40 m^3/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.

History

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

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 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.[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

1. KTU^2 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. "المراقبة والإدارة البیئیة لنھر الكبیر الشمالي" (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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