Middle East
Lebanon
Beqaa Governorate

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 .
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Albert Naccache Reservoir”, “Albert Naccoche Reservoir”, “Buḩayrat al Qara‘awn”, “Buḩayrat al Qir‘awn”, “Qaraaoun Lake”, and “Qaraoun Reservoir”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qaraoun and Saghbine.

Town
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is a village, 85 km from , known for its Lake in the formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the .

Village
, is a village located in the of the in .

Village
Aitanite/ Aitaneet is a village in , in the West region. Aitanit is located in the southern region of Lebanon, particularly the .

Lake Qaraoun

Latitude
33.58218° or 33° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.70085° or 35° 42′ 3″ east
Elevation
838 metres (2,749 feet)
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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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Qaraoun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 Qara’un”
  • Italian: “Lago di Qara’un”
  • 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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