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The third geographical region is the Beqaa Valley. [1] This central highland between the Lebanon Mountains and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains is about 177 kilometres (110 mi) in length and 9.6 to 16 kilometers wide and has an average elevation of 762 metres (2,500 ft). [1] Its middle section spreads out more than its two extremities.
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 ...
Lebanon geography-related lists (2 C, 5 P) B. Geography of Beirut (5 C) Borders of Lebanon (4 C, 2 P) E. Ecoregions of Lebanon (1 C, 4 P) F. Forests of Lebanon (4 P) G.
An enlargeable topographic map of Lebanon. Geography of Lebanon. Lebanon is a country; Location Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. Southwest Asia. Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea; Middle East. The Levant; Time zone: Eastern European Time , Eastern European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Lebanon
Lebanon, [b] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to ... Because of Lebanon's unique geography, ...
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.
Since his birth, Abu Nabil saw Lebanon gain its independence from France in 1943, prosper during the 1960s, become engulfed by civil war, invaded and partially occupied by Israel for decades, and ...
Mount Lebanon also lent its name to two political designations: a semi-autonomous province in Ottoman Syria that was established in 1861 and the central Governorate of modern Lebanon (see Mount Lebanon Governorate). The Mount Lebanon administrative region emerged in a time of rise of nationalism after the civil war of 1860.