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.
| Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali | |
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| 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 km2 (426.11 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 40 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s) |
History
editDuring Ugarit period, the river was known as "Raḥbānu".[2][3]
Course
editAl-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
edit- 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
edit- ^ KTU2 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.
- ^ The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. Eisenbrauns. 2006. p. 9. ISBN 9781575060293.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "المراقبة والإدارة البیئیة لنھر الكبیر الشمالي" (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "سوريا: بدء العمل بسد برادون في اللاذقية بتكلفة 2.768 مليار ليرة". albawaba.com (in Arabic). 28 February 2005.
- ^ "فيديو.. خطوات لإعادة افتتاح سد برادون بريف اللاذقية الشمالي". alalamtv.net (in Arabic). 19 October 2017.