Lake Homs
Lake Homs is a lake near Homs, Syria, fed by the Orontes River. The Orontes is also the lake's main outflow. The lake is 15 km from the city of Homs, and spans over 60 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake near Homs, Syria
- Also known as: “Bahr el Hoummouss”, “Bahr el Houmous”, “Baḩrat Qaţţīnah”, “Bahret Homs”, “Bahret Qattīne”, “Buḩayrat Ḩimş”, “Buhayrat Qattinah”, “Homs Lake”, “Lake Qattinah”, and “Qattinah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Ghassaniyah and Damina al-Gharbiya.
Al-Ghassaniyah
Village
Al-Ghassaniya is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs and just east of Lake Qattinah. Nearby localities include Kafr Mousa to the south, district capital al-Qusayr 13 kilometers to the southeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya to the east and Qattinah to the northeast. Al-Ghassaniyah is situated 5 km south of Lake Homs.
Damina al-Gharbiya
Village
Daminah al-Gharbiyah is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Qattinah to the northeast, al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah to the east, Daminah al-Sharqiyah to the southeast, al-Dabaah to the south, Arjoun and al-Houz to the southwest and al-Ghassaniyah to the west. Damina al-Gharbiya is situated 5 km southeast of Lake Homs.
Kafr Musa
Village
Kafr Mousa is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs. Nearby localities include Ghassaniya to the north, Damina al-Gharbiya to the east, al-Qusayr to the southeast, Arjoun to the south and al-Houz to the east. Kafr Musa is situated 7 km south of Lake Homs.
Lake Homs
- Category: body of water
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Homs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة قطينة”
- Arabic: “بحيرة قطينه”
- Arabic: “بحيره قطينه”
- Cebuano: “Baḩrat Ḩimş”
- Cebuano: “Buḩayrat Qaţţīnah”
- Czech: “Homs”
- Czech: “Homské jezero”
- Dutch: “Meer van Homs”
- French: “lac de Homs”
- French: “Lac de Homs”
- German: “See von Homs”
- Hebrew: “אגם חומס”
- Indonesian: “Danau Homs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Homssjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه حمص”
- Polish: “Buhajrat Kattina”
- Romanian: “Lacul Homs”
- Romanian: “Qattinah”
- Russian: “Бахрет-Хомс”
- Russian: “Хомс”
- Swedish: “Baḩrat Ḩimş”
- Swedish: “Buḩayrat Qaţţīnah”
- Turkish: “Hattina Gölü”
- Turkish: “Hattine Gölü”
- Turkish: “Humus Baraj Gölü”
- Turkish: “Humus Gölü”
- Turkish: “Kattina Gölü”
- Turkish: “Kattine Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Озеро Хомс”
- Ukrainian: “Хомс”
- Welsh: “Llyn Homs”
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