Anti-Lebanon mountains
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Anti-Lebanon mountains | |
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جبال لبنان الشرقية | |
Mount Bental | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Hermon |
Elevation | 2,814 m (9,232 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 150 km (93 mi) |
Geography | |
Satellite image of Lebanon. The snow-covered areas nearer the coast are the Mount Lebanon range and the snow-covered areas further inland are the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. | |
Location | Syria, Lebanon, Golan Heights (occupied by Israel) |
Range coordinates | 34°00′N 36°30′E / 34°N 36.5°E |
The Anti-Lebanon mountains (
Etymology
Its
Geology
The Anti-Lebanon range is approximately 150 kilometres (93 miles) in length. To the south, the range adjoins the lower-lying
Anti-Lebanon mountains are an anticline. Their predominant rocks are limestone and chalk from the Jurassic period.
Geography
To the north, they extend to almost the latitude of the Syrian city of Homs. The mountains end in the south with Mount Hermon, which borders on the Golan Heights; the Golan Heights are a different geological and geomorphological entity, but geopolitically they are often regarded together with the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, both being part of the Israeli-occupied Golan region. To the west of the Anti-Lebanon lie valleys that separate it from Mount Lebanon in central Lebanon: Beqaa Valley in the north and the Hasbani River valley in the south. To the east, in Syria, lies the Eastern Plateau, location of the city of Damascus.
The mountains provide a rain shadow to the region on their east on their leeward side, such as the Syrian Desert.
An important smuggling route between Lebanon and Syria passes through the Anti-Lebanon mountains.[1]
Ecology
The area is known for its apricot and cherry trees as well as its stone quarries.
There are various endemic flora found and named after the region (having a specific epithet that means "of the Anti-Lebanon"). These include Euphorbia antilibanotica, Teucrium antilibanoticum, Valerianella antilibanotica,[2] and Iris antilibanotica.[3]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
- ^ "Eastern Mediterranean Endemic Plants". terrestrial-biozones.net. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Iris antilibanotica Dinsm. is an accepted name". theplantlist.org (The Plant List). Retrieved 25 March 2016.