Litani River

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The Litani River is one of Lebanon’s longest and most important rivers, flowing entirely within the country and serving as a key source of irrigation and hydroelectric power in the Levant.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Litani River canonical 25
Litani River basin 3
Litani River Basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Lebanon ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
dischargeInto Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 2,175 square kilometers ⓘ
emptiesInto Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsEntirelyWithin Lebanon ⓘ
flowsThroughGovernorate Bekaa Governorate ⓘ
Nabatieh Governorate ⓘ
South Governorate ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Bekaa Valley ⓘ
southern Lebanon ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Nahr al-Litani ⓘ
linked to: Litani River

Nahr al-Līṭānī ⓘ
hasDam Qaraoun Dam ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue agricultural runoff ⓘ
industrial contamination ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hydroelectricPlant Awali power station ⓘ
Joun power station ⓘ
Markaba power station ⓘ
importance key water resource for the Bekaa Valley ⓘ
major source of hydroelectric power in Lebanon ⓘ
major source of irrigation water in Lebanon ⓘ
one of the longest rivers in Lebanon ⓘ
one of the most important rivers in Lebanon ⓘ
length about 140 km ⓘ
approximately 87 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Lebanon ⓘ
locatedInRegion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
locatedNear Baalbek ⓘ
Qaraoun ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
majorUse agricultural water supply ⓘ
drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
managedBy Litani River Authority ⓘ
mouthCountry Lebanon ⓘ
mouthLocation near Tyre ⓘ
partOf Lebanon water resources system ⓘ
reservoir Lake Qaraoun ⓘ
sourceCountry Lebanon ⓘ
sourceLocation near Baalbek ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
recreation near Lake Qaraoun ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Levant region → hasMajorRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Southern Lebanon → crossedBy → Litani River ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Lebanon
Bekaa Valley → traversedByRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Litani River → hasAlternativeName → Nahr al-Litani ⓘ
linked to: Litani River
Jabal Amel → borderedBy → Litani River ⓘ
Bekaa Governorate → hasRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Litani River region → namedAfter → Litani River ⓘ
Litani River region → hasPart → Litani River ⓘ
Litani River region → mainRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Eastern Lebanon → hasRiver → Litani River ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Lebanon
Greater Syria → traversedBy → Litani River ⓘ
Beqaa Valley → drainageBasinOf → Litani River ⓘ
Maroni → majorTributary → Litani River ⓘ
Qaraoun → locatedOnRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Joun power station → locatedOnRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Joun power station → usesWatercourse → Litani River ⓘ
Joun power station → watercourseBasin → Litani River basin ⓘ
linked to: Litani River
Joun power station → coolingSource → Litani River ⓘ
Qaraoun Dam → locatedOnRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Qaraoun Dam → basinServed → Litani River basin ⓘ
linked to: Litani River
Qaraoun Dam → waterSource → Litani River ⓘ
Lake Qaraoun → locatedOnRiver → Litani River ⓘ
Lake Qaraoun → formedByDamming → Litani River ⓘ
Lake Qaraoun → inflow → Litani River ⓘ
Lake Qaraoun → outflow → Litani River ⓘ
Lake Qaraoun → partOf → Litani River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Litani River
Markaba power station → locatedIn → Litani River basin ⓘ
linked to: Litani River
Markaba power station → waterSource → Litani River ⓘ