The Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali (Arabic: النهر الكبير الشمالي, lit. 'the northern great river', Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁𐎐, rḥbn[1]) 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) |
During Ugarit period, the river was known as "Raḥbānu".[2][3]
Al-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.
35°31′04″N 35°49′51″E / 35.517778°N 35.830833°E