Litani River | |
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![]() The Litani River in maroon, the Lebanese capital city Beirut in red | |
Location | |
Country | Lebanon |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Mediterranean Sea |
The Litani River (Arabic: نهر الليطاني, romanized: Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes (Greek: Λεόντης, translit. Leóntes, lit. "lion river"), is an important water resource in Southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea, north(east) of Tyre. Exceeding 140 km in length, the Leontes is the longest river in Lebanon and provides an average annual flow estimated at 920 million cubic meters.[1][2] The waters of the Litani both originate and flow entirely within the borders of Lebanon. It provides a major source for water supply, irrigation and hydroelectricity both within South Lebanon / North Border of Galilee, and the country as a whole.
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