TheNahr al-Kabir, also known inSyria asal-Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi (Arabic:النهر الكبير الجنوبي,lit. 'the southern great river', in contrast with theNahr al-Kabir al-Shamali) or in Lebanon simply as theKebir, is ariver inSyria andLebanon flowing into theMediterranean Sea atArida. The river is 77.8 km (48.3 mi) long, and drains awatershed of 954 km2 (368 sq mi).[1] Its headwaters are at the Ain as-Safa spring in Lebanon and it flows through theHoms Gap in theOrontes River Valley of southern Syria.
The river forms the northern part of theLebanon–Syria border at theJebel Ansariyeh mountains in Syria. In antiquity, the river was known asEleutherus (Greek ΕλεύθεροςEleutheros, ΕλευθερίςEleuterislit. 'free'). It defined the border between theSeleucid andPtolemaic empires during much of the 3rd century BCE.[2]
The river is mentioned byJosephus[3] and in1 Maccabees 11:7 and 12:30.
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