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Abraham River

Nahr Ibrahim
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Location
Towns and villagesAaqoura, Adonis, Afqa, Ghabat, Yanouh, Qartaba, Janne, Maaysra, Nahr Ibrahim
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Lebanon
MouthMediterranean Sea
 • location
Nahr Ibrahim
Discharge 
 • locationMediterranean Sea from Nahr Ibrahim
 • average16,1 m³/s
Basin features
Bridges1 (Highway M51)
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The Nahr Ibrahim (Arabic: نَهر إبراهيم; Abraham River) also known as Adonis River (نَهر أَدونيس), is a small river in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon, with a length of about 23 km. The river emerges from two sources: The Roueiss grotto in Aaqoura that provides two thirds the flow of the Nahr Ibrahim and from a huge cavern, the Afqa Grotto, that provides a third of the flow, nearly 1.5 km above sea level before it drops steeply through a series of falls and passes through a sheer gorge through the mountains.[1] It passes through the town of Nahr Ibrahim before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The city takes its name from the river (nahr means river in Arabic).

  1. ^ Gresswell, R. Kay (1965). Standard encyclopedia of the world's rivers and lakes. Putnam. p. 19.

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نهر إبراهيم (نهر) Arabic Nahr Ibrahim (suba sa Lebanon) CEB Río Adonis Spanish Nahr Ibrahim French אבראהים (נהר) HE Ibrahimas (upė) LT Nahr Ibrahim Dutch Abrahamelva NN Nahr Ibrahim NB Nahr Ibrahim Polish

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