{"id":94354,"date":"2026-03-23T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=94354"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:22:46","slug":"litani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/litani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Litani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Litani River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Israeli airstrikes have destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge, a key crossing over the Litani River on Lebanon\u2019s southern coastal highway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Litani River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>major river in <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lebanon<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It rises in a low <\/span><b>divide west of Baalbek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and flows southwestward through the <\/span><b>Bekaa valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near Marjayoun, it bends sharply west and cuts a <\/span><b>spectacular gorge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up to 900 feet (275 meters) deep <\/span><b>through the Lebanon Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sidon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It falls <\/span><b>into the Mediterranean Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berdawni River, Chtoura River, Qib Elias River etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dams:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Wauroun Dam, Qaraoun Dam, or Albert Naqash Dam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a <\/span><b>major source for water supply<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, irrigation, and hydroelectricity both within Southern Lebanon and the bekaa and the country as a whole.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Bekaa Valley<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a broad valley of <\/span><b>east-central Lebanon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extending in a northeast-southwest direction along the Litani and Orontes rivers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The valley contains nearly <\/span><b>half of Lebanon\u2019s arable land.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not as intensively farmed as the country\u2019s <\/span><b>coastal plain because of less rainfall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a wider variation in temperature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/litani-river-lebanon-israel-hits-qasmiyeh-bridge-over-litani-river-in-southern-lebanon-airstrikes-1075042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litani River is a major river in Lebanon. 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