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Lebanon's tectonic history is closely related to the Levant Fracture System, a left-lateral strike-slip fault zone, separating the Arabian Plate from the African Plate.The intracontinental Palmyride fold belt, with a maximum elevation of 1,385 metres (4,544 ft) above sea level, is an important structural feature that dominates much of Lebanon and Syria, extending northeast towards the ...
Most of Lebanon's rainfall is in the four months of winter, but over the last 45 years, the Ministry of Environment (Lebanon) estimates that rainfall has decreased overall between 5 and 20 percent. [10] The coastal strip of Lebanon gets approximately 2,000 mm of rain per year, while the Beqaa Valley to the east gets only one-tenth as much. [11]
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The Anti-Lebanon mountain range begins in Yanta and ends in Shebaa, and measure more than 100 km (62 mi) long and 30 km (19 mi) wide. Unlike Mount Lebanon, the Anti-Lebanon is devoid of deep valleys. [1] This page contains a sortable table listing mountains of Lebanon in both the eastern and western mountain ranges.
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Eusebius records that the Emperor Constantine destroyed a temple of Venus 'on the summit of Mount Lebanon.' [11] and probably it was this pagan temple dedicated to Venus. During the 1970s Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur lived in Yammoune whilst receiving military training at a Fatah camp. He later held a number of senior posts in the Iranian government ...
It is the largest artificial lake in Lebanon, located in the southern part of the fertile Beqaa Valley, with a total capacity of about 220 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (0 × 10 ^ 9 cu ft) and effective storage (live storage) of 160 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (0 × 10 ^ 9 cu ft). The power generation is a primary benefit, which meets about 7%–10% of the power ...