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.
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- Description: river in Lebanon
- Also known as“Leontes”“Nahr al Līţānī”“Nahr al Qāsimīyah”“Nahr el Litani”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leontes Bridge and Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.
Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb
Archaeological site
The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is a historic… Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is situated 4 km east of Litani River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burj Rahal and 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.
Kharayeb
Village
Kharayeb is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. Kharayeb is situated 5 km east of Litani River.
Abbassiyeh
Town
Abbassiyeh, also spelled Abbassieh, is a municipality in the Tyre District of South Lebanon. Abbassiyeh is situated 5 km southeast of Litani River.
Litani River
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Latitude
33.33333° or 33° 20′ north
Longitude
35.24333° or 35° 14′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G5Q86MV+88
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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”
- Bengali: “লিটানি নদী”
- 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”
- Estonian: “Leontes”
- Estonian: “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”
- Romanian: “Leontes”
- Romanian: “Litani”
- Romanian: “râul Litani”
- Romanian: “Râul 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”
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