Damour river

{{Short description|River in Lebanon}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Damour river

| image = River Damour at Jisr el Qadi.jpg

| image_caption = The Damour river at Jisr el Qadi

| source1_location = Nabaa Al Safa, Nabeh Al Barouk

| mouth_location = Mediterranean Sea

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|33|42|21|N|35|26|22|E|name=Mediterranean Sea-Damour river|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Lebanon

| length_km = 37.5

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1950|m|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg ={{convert|307000|m3/yr|cuft/s|abbr=on}}[http://www.iwaponline.com/jwh/005/0615/0050615.pdf Lebanese coastal rivers, Damour: 307 000 m3/year]

| map =

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Course of Damour river

}}

Damour river or ({{Langx|ar|نهر الدامور}}, Nahr Al Damour) is a {{convert|37.5|km|mi|adj=on}} coastal river in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. The river's headwaters originate on and around the slopes of the 1,943-meter peak Jabal el-Barouk, site of a nature preserve where some of Lebanon's largest and oldest Cedars of Lebanon are found, and flows west through the Jisr Al-Kadi valley, where it receives water from the creeks of the Chouf mountains. The river flows towards the Mediterranean Sea, south of Damour, which bears the river's name.

Mythology

During the Phoenician time, Canaanite people being affected by drought seasons, called the river "Damoros" ancient Tamyrus,Travels in Palestine and Syria, Volume 1, page 286 By George Robinson in the attribution of 'Damoros' god of immortality, related to 'Achtarout', god of love and beauty.

The city foundation

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The city was founded on the river's edge by poor people who wanted to charge the right of way to the emirs.

References

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Category:Rivers of Lebanon

Category:Hellenistic religion

Category:Tourism in Lebanon

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