{"id":358114,"date":"2026-03-14T10:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358114"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:04:27","slug":"litani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/litani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Litani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Israel expanded its strikes in Lebanon, targeting multiple areas including a bridge over Litani river that had been used by Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<h2>About Litani River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358115\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-358115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=373%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Litani River\" width=\"373\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=768%2C748&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?w=910&amp;ssl=1 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is the <strong>longest river<\/strong> that flows <strong>entirely in Lebanon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was known as <strong>L\u012b\u1e6da in medieval times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course:<\/strong> It rises in a low divide <strong>west of Baalbek<\/strong> and flowing <strong>southwestward<\/strong> through the <strong>Bekaa valley<\/strong> between the <strong>Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Near Marjayoun, it bends sharply west and cuts a spectacular <strong>gorge up to 900 feet (275 meters<\/strong>) deep through the <strong>Lebanon Mountains<\/strong> to the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sidon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Falls into:<\/strong> It falls into the <strong>Mediterranean Sea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length:<\/strong> It is about <strong>140 km<\/strong> in length.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wetlands:<\/strong> The <strong>Aammiq wetlands<\/strong>, designated a World Nature Reserve, serves as an important point in global <strong>bird migration routes<\/strong>, hosting nearly 250 bird species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dam:<\/strong> <strong>El Wauroun Dam, Qaraoun Dam, or Albert Naqash Dam<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Lake Qaraoun<\/strong> is the <strong>largest artificial lake in Lebanon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Israel expanded its strikes in Lebanon, targeting multiple areas including a bridge over Litani river that had been used by Hezbollah. About Litani River Location: It is the longest river that flows entirely in Lebanon. It was known as L\u012b\u1e6da in medieval times. Course: It rises in a low divide west of Baalbek and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/litani-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Litani River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-358114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}