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Most important of these is the Barada, a river that rises in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and disappears into the desert. The Barada flows out of the karst spring of Ain al-Fijah , about 27 kilometres (17 mi) north west of Damascus in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, but its true source is Lake Barada, a small lake that is also a karst spring located ...
Pharpar (or Pharphar in the Douay–Rheims Bible) is a biblical river in Syria.It is the less important of the two rivers of Damascus mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj (literally, 'crooked'), although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be ...
Barada River, a river near Damascus identified as Abana in the Bible; People. Hisseine Abana (born 1983), Chadian footballer;
Mount Amana is at the southern end [3] [4] of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, [5] [6] [7] [1] near the source of the river Abana. [3] [8] [4] [9] Paul Haupt identifies this mountain as Jabal az-Zabadany, northwest of Damascus. [8] Mount Amana is often confused with Mount Amanus, also known as Mount Hor, at the north end of the Syrian plain. [a]
Abana is the oldest town of Kastamonu, [citation needed] once a part of Paphlagonia, the town was ruled by the Danishmends, the Seljuk Turks, the Jandarid dynasty, and finally Ottomans. It was made a district of the Kastamonu province in 1945. The name might be connected to “Άβώνου τείχος”, Avonou Teichos, in greek.
The Oron people (Örö) are located primarily in southern Nigeria in the riverine area of Akwa Ibom State and Cross River State and in Cameroon. Akpakip Oro are regarded as an ancient warrior people, speaking the Oron (Oro) language which is in the Cross River language family of the Benue–Congo languages.
In 1923, zinc and copper was discovered near the Calamité River and two years later, the Abana Mine Company obtained the mining rights. The new settlement, formed by families from Saint-Eustache, Portneuf, Bellechasse and the Mauricie, was therefore first called Abana. In 1931, the Normetal Mining Corporation acquired the mine and brought it ...
River Entering the Tigris at Distance from mouth Side of the entrance Length Devegeçidi: right: Havar: Yenice: Karasu: Ambar: Ambar, Diyarbakır, Turkey left: Kuru ...