Awali
The Awali is a perennial river flowing in Southern Lebanon. In ancient times, it was known as the Asclepius River. The 48 kilometres -long Awali originates from the Barouk mountain at an elevation of 1,492 metres and from the Niha mountain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Awali River”, “Bostrenus”, “El Aouali River”, “Faradis River”, “Fleuve Awali”, “Nahr al Awwalī”, “Nahr al Awwlī”, “Nahr Aoûale”, “Nahr el Aoli”, “Nahr el Aouali”, “Nahr el Aouâli”, “Nahr el Auwali”, “אוואלי”, “אל אוואלי”, “נהר אוואלי”, “נהר האוואלי”, and “نهر الفراديس”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sidon Sea Castle and Sidon Land Castle.
Sidon Sea Castle
Castle
Sidon Land Castle
Castle
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon
Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon… Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon is situated 3½ km southwest of Awali.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alman and Bqosta.
Awali
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.5881° or 33° 35′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.39424° or 35° 23′ 39″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G5QH9QV+6M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Awali” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر الأولي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Awali”
- Basque: “Awali (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Awali”
- Belarusian: “Авалі”
- Catalan: “riu Awali”
- Catalan: “Riu Awali”
- Chinese: “阿瓦利河”
- Dutch: “Awali”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الاولى”
- Esperanto: “Aŭali”
- Esperanto: “rivero Awali”
- French: “Awali”
- French: “Nahr el Awali”
- French: “Nahr El Awali”
- French: “Nahr Aoulé” (historical)
- Galician: “río Awali”
- German: “Nahr al-Awali”
- Hebrew: “אל-אוואלי”
- Irish: “Abhainn Awali”
- Italian: “Awali”
- Japanese: “アワリ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Awali”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Awalielva”
- Norwegian: “Awali”
- Persian: “رود اولی”
- Portuguese: “Rio Awali”
- Spanish: “Awali”
- Welsh: “Afon Awali”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Et Taamîr and El Knaïssât.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Qalaat Qachmoûn Aazâr and Malaab el Baladi.
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