Litani River
The Litani River, the classical Leontes, known in medieval times as Līṭa, is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of Baalbek, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Tyre.Photo: Eternalsleeper, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Leontes”, “Nahr al Līţānī”, “Nahr al Qāsimīyah”, and “Nahr el Litani”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leontes Bridge.
Leontes Bridge
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Leontes Bridge is a ruined Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crossed the Litani River in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre. The bridge, which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD, featured a comparatively flat arch with a span-to-rise ratio of 3.1 to 1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burj Rahal and Al-Kharayeb.
Burj Rahal
Village
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 4 km southeast of Litani River.
Al-Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Kharayeb is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is 77 km south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of 190 m above sea level. Al-Kharayeb is situated 5 km east of Litani River.
Al-Aabbassiyah
Town
Al-Aabbassiyah is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Al-Aabbassiyah is situated 5 km southeast of Litani River.
Litani River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Yiddish—“Litani River” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λεόντης”
- Arabic: “الليطاني”
- Arabic: “نهر القاسمية”
- Arabic: “نهر الليطاني”
- Asturian: “Ríu Litani”
- Basque: “Litani”
- Belarusian: “Літані”
- Bulgarian: “Литани(река)”
- Bulgarian: “Литани”
- Catalan: “Leontes”
- Catalan: “Litani”
- Cebuano: “Nahr el Lîtâni”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری لیتانی”
- Chinese: “利塔尼河”
- Czech: “Leontes”
- Czech: “Litani”
- Czech: “Lítání”
- Dutch: “Leontes”
- Dutch: “Litani”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الليطانى”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Litani”
- Finnish: “Litani”
- French: “Litani”
- German: “Leontes”
- German: “Litani”
- Greek: “Λεόντης”
- Greek: “Λιτάνι”
- Hebrew: “הליטני”
- Hebrew: “ליטאני”
- Hebrew: “ליטני”
- Hebrew: “נהר הליטאני”
- Hebrew: “נהר הליטני”
- Hungarian: “Litáni”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Litani”
- Irish: “Abhainn Litani”
- Italian: “Fiume Leonte”
- Italian: “Fiume Litani”
- Italian: “Leonte”
- Italian: “Litani”
- Japanese: “リタニ川”
- Javanese: “Kali Litani”
- Korean: “리타니강”
- Latin: “Leontes”
- Lithuanian: “Litani”
- Mongolian: “Литани гол”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litani-elva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litani-elven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litani”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litanielva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Litanielven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qasimiyeh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Litanielva”
- Norwegian: “Litani”
- Persian: “رودخانه لیتانی”
- Polish: “Litani”
- Polish: “Nahr al-Litani”
- Portuguese: “Rio Litani”
- Russian: “Литани”
- Russian: “Эль-Литани”
- Slovak: “Leontes”
- Slovak: “Lítání”
- Slovenian: “Leontes”
- Slovenian: “Litani”
- Spanish: “Litani”
- Spanish: “Rio Litani”
- Spanish: “Río Litani”
- Swedish: “Litani”
- Swedish: “Litanifloden”
- Tajik: “дарёи Литонӣ”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Литонӣ”
- Tamil: “லித்தானி ஆறு”
- Turkish: “Litani Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Літані”
- Urdu: “دریائے لیطانی”
- Uzbek: “Litoniy daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Litani”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Litani”
- Welsh: “Afon Litani”
- Western Armenian: “Լիթանի Գետ”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے لیطانی”
- Yiddish: “ליטאני טייך”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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