Orontes River
The Orontes or Nahr al-ʿĀṣī, or simply Asi is a 571 kilometres long river in West Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Hatay Province, Turkey.
- Stream
- Description: river in Western Asia
- Also known as“Nahr al ‘Āş”“Nahr al ‘Āşī”“Nahr el Aâssi”“Nahr el Assi”“Nehir Oronte”“Orontes”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samandağ and Sutaşı.
Sutaşı
Village
Sutaşı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Samandağ, Hatay Province, Turkey. Sutaşı is situated 5 km northeast of Orontes River.
Kuşalanı
Village
Kuşalanı is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Samandağ, Hatay Province, Turkey. Kuşalanı is situated 7 km northeast of Orontes River.
Orontes River
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Latitude
36.04781° or 36° 2′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.96703° or 35° 58′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G8Q2XX8+4R
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Orontes River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Orontes”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὀρόντης”
- Arabic: “العاصي”
- Arabic: “نهر العاصي”
- Arabic: “وادي العاصي”
- Armenian: “Օրոնտես”
- Asturian: “Ríu Orontes”
- Azerbaijani: “Asi çayı”
- Basque: “Asi”
- Basque: “Oronte”
- Basque: “Orontes ibaia”
- Basque: “Orontes”
- Belarusian: “Аронтас”
- Belarusian: “Асі”
- Belarusian: “Эль-Асі”
- Bengali: “ওরোন্টেস নদী”
- Breton: “Orontes”
- Bulgarian: “Оронт”
- Catalan: “Al-Asi”
- Catalan: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Catalan: “Orontes”
- Catalan: “Riu Orontes”
- Chinese: “奥伦特河”
- Chinese: “奥龙特斯河”
- Chinese: “奧龍特斯河”
- Chinese: “阿西河”
- Croatian: “Oront”
- Czech: “Ásí”
- Czech: “Nahr al-Ásí”
- Czech: “Orontés”
- Danish: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Dutch: “Orontes”
- Dutch: “Orontesvallei”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر العاصى”
- Esperanto: “Asi Nehri”
- Esperanto: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Esperanto: “Oronte”
- Esperanto: “Orontes”
- Esperanto: “Oronto”
- Estonian: “Asi”
- Estonian: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Estonian: “Orontes”
- Finnish: “Orontes”
- French: “Axius”
- French: “Nahr al-‘Asi”
- French: “Oronte”
- Galician: “Río Orontes”
- Georgian: “ორონტესი”
- German: “Asi”
- German: “Nahr al’Asi”
- German: “Orontes”
- Greek: “Ορόντης ποταμός”
- Greek: “Ορόντης”
- Hebrew: “אורונטס”
- Hebrew: “אל-עצי”
- Hebrew: “ארנת”
- Hebrew: “עאצי”
- Hungarian: “Orontész”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Orontes”
- Irish: “Abhainn Orontes”
- Italian: “Oronte”
- Japanese: “オロンテス川”
- Kashmiri: “عاصی دٔرؠیاو”
- Korean: “오론테스강”
- Latin: “Orontes”
- Lithuanian: “Asi”
- Lithuanian: “Asis”
- Lithuanian: “Orontas”
- Malayalam: “Orontes River”
- Malayalam: “ഓറോണ്ടസ് നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ორონტესი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orontes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asi-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orontes”
- Norwegian: “Orontes”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Orontes”
- Persian: “رود عاصی”
- Polish: “Asi”
- Polish: “Orontes”
- Portuguese: “Orontes”
- Portuguese: “Rio Orontes”
- Romanian: “Oronte”
- Romanian: “Orontes”
- Romanian: “Râul Oronte”
- Russian: “Оронт”
- Russian: “Эль-Аси”
- Serbian: “Oront”
- Serbian: “Аси”
- Serbian: “Оронт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “‘Āṣī”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oront”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Reka Oront”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rijeka Oront”
- Slovak: “Orontes”
- Slovenian: “Oront”
- South Azerbaijani: “عاصی چایی”
- Spanish: “Orontes”
- Spanish: “Río Asi”
- Spanish: “Río Orontes”
- Swedish: “Asi”
- Swedish: “Nahr al-Asi”
- Swedish: “Nahr el-Asis”
- Swedish: “Orontes”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Orontes”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Осӣ”
- Thai: “Orontes River”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำออรอนตีส”
- Turkish: “Asi Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Оронт”
- Urdu: “دریائے عاصی”
- Uzbek: “Osi daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Orontes”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Orontes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Orontes”
- Welsh: “Afon Orontes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Iman and Çukurca.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plain of Samandağ and Sabca Burnu.
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