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.- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake near Homs, Syria
- Also known as: “Bahr el Hoummouss”, “Bahr el Houmous”, “Baḩrat Ḩimş”, “Baḩrat Qaţţīnah”, “Bahret Homs”, “Bahret Qattīne”, “Buḩayrat Ḩimş”, “Buhayrat Qattinah”, “Hattina Gölü”, “Hattine Gölü”, “Homs Lake”, “Homské jezero”, “Humus Baraj Gölü”, “Kattina Gölü”, “Kattine Gölü”, “Lake Qattinah”, “Qattinah”, “Озеро Хомс”, “بحيرة قطينه”, and “بحيره قطينه”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Ghassaniyah and Damina al-Gharbiya.
Al-Ghassaniyah
Village
Al-Ghassaniya is a town in central Syria… Al-Ghassaniyah is situated 5 km south of Lake Homs.
Damina al-Gharbiya
Village
Daminah al-Gharbiyah is a village in central Syria… Damina al-Gharbiya is situated 5 km southeast of Lake Homs.
Kafr Musa
Village
Kafr Mousa is a village in central Syria… 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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Latitude
34.63996° or 34° 38′ 24″ north
Longitude
36.56724° or 36° 34′ 2″ east
Elevation
495 metres (1,624 feet)
Open location code
8G6RJHQ8+XV
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Homs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة قطينة”
- Cebuano: “Buḩayrat Qaţţīnah”
- Czech: “Homs”
- Dutch: “Meer van Homs”
- French: “lac de Homs”
- French: “Lac de Homs”
- German: “See von Homs”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Χομς”
- Hebrew: “אגם חומס”
- Indonesian: “Danau Homs”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Homssjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه حمص”
- Polish: “Buhajrat Kattina”
- Romanian: “Lacul Homs”
- Russian: “Бахрет-Хомс”
- Russian: “Хомс”
- Swedish: “Buḩayrat Qaţţīnah”
- Turkish: “Humus Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Хомс”
- Welsh: “Llyn Homs”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ash Shawmarīyah and Ḩulaybīyah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Wardah and Baḩrat Ḩimş.
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