Litani River

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Recently, Israeli airstrikes have destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge, a key crossing over the Litani River on Lebanon’s southern coastal highway. 

About Litani River

• It is a major river in Lebanon.
• Origin: It rises in a low divide west of Baalbek and flows southwestward through the Bekaa valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains.
• Near Marjayoun, it bends sharply west and cuts a spectacular gorge up to 900 feet (275 meters) deep through the Lebanon Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sidon.
•  It falls into the Mediterranean Sea.
• Tributaries: Berdawni River, Chtoura River, Qib Elias River etc
• Dams: El Wauroun Dam, Qaraoun Dam, or Albert Naqash Dam
• It provides a major source for water supply, irrigation, and hydroelectricity both within Southern Lebanon and the bekaa and the country as a whole.

Key Facts about Bekaa Valley

• It is a broad valley of east-central Lebanon, extending in a northeast-southwest direction along the Litani and Orontes rivers.
• The valley contains nearly half of Lebanon’s arable land.
• It is not as intensively farmed as the country’s coastal plain because of less rainfall and a wider variation in temperature.

Source: NDTV

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