Lake Qaraoun

Lake Qaraoun is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the , . It was created near village in 1959 by building a 61 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam in the middle reaches of the .
Wikipedia
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  • Reservoir
  • …has a surface elevation of 830 metres (2,723 feet)
  • Description: reservoir in Lebanon
  • Also known as
    “Albert Naccache Reservoir”
    “Albert Naccoche Reservoir”
    “Buḩayrat al Qara‘awn”
    “Buḩayrat al Qir‘awn”
    “Qaraaoun Lake”
    “Qaraoun Reservoir”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qaraoun and Saghbine.
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Town
is a village, 85 km from …
Village
, is a village located in the of the in .
Village
Aitanite/ Aitaneet is a village in , in the West region.

Lake Qaraoun

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Latitude
33.58218° or 33° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.70085° or 35° 42′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G5QHPJ2+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31577024
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
269081
Wiki­data ID
Q2306372

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Qaraoun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة القرعون”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة قرعون”
  • Arabic: “بحيره قرعون”
  • Cebuano: “Lac de Qaraaoun”
  • Dutch: “Lake Qaraoun”
  • French: “Lac artificiel du Qaraaoun”
  • French: “lac de Qaraaoun”
  • German: “Qaraoun-Stausee”
  • Hebrew: “אגם קרעון”
  • Italian: “Lago di Qaraaoun”
  • Italian: “Lago di Qaraʿūn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qaraounsjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه قرعون”
  • Polish: “Karaun”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Qara’un”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Qaraoun”
  • Slovenian: “Karun”
  • Slovenian: “Qaraoun”
  • Spanish: “Lago Qaraoun”
  • Swedish: “Lac de Qaraaoun”
  • Ukrainian: “Караун”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Караун”
  • Venetian: “lago de Qara’un”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Qaraoun”

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