Nahr al-Kab
The Nahr al-Kabir, also known in Syria as al-Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi or in Lebanon simply as the Kebir, is a river in Syria and Lebanon flowing into the Mediterranean Sea at Arida.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lebanon
- Also known as: “An Nahr al Kabīr”, “Eleutheros”, “Nahr al-Kabir”, and “Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arida and Hisah.
Arida
Village
Arida, also spelled Aarida, is a village in northern Lebanon, on the Syrian border, which is formed by the mouth of the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi. It is located in the Akkar District of the Akkar Governorate.
Hisah
Village
Hisah, also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims. Hisah is situated 9 km southeast of Nahr al-Kab.
Nahr al-Kab
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.63822° or 34° 38′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.97653° or 35° 58′ 36″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8G6QJXQG+7J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Nahr al-Kab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكبير الجنوبي”
- Arabic: “النهر الكبير الجنوبي”
- Arabic: “نهر الكبير الجنوبي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi”
- Catalan: “Nahr al-Kabir”
- Catalan: “Nahr al-Kebir”
- Cebuano: “Nahr el Kebir”
- Dutch: “Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi”
- French: “Éleuthère”
- French: “Nahr Al Kabir Al Janoubi”
- French: “Nahr Al Kabir”
- French: “Nahr al-Kabir”
- French: “Nahr El Kabir”
- French: “Nahr el-Kebir”
- Hebrew: “אל-כביר”
- Hebrew: “אלאותרוס”
- Hebrew: “נהר אל כביר”
- Hebrew: “נהר אל-כביר”
- Hungarian: “Nahr al-Kabir”
- Italian: “Nahr al-Kabir”
- Japanese: “エレウテルス川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi”
- Romanian: “Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi”
- Russian: “Нахр-эль-Кебир”
- Spanish: “Nahr al-Kabir”
- Swedish: “Nahr el Kebir”
- Urdu: “نہر الکبیر”
- Western Armenian: “Մեծն Հարաւային Գետ”
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