Barada
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The Barada is the main river of Damascus, the capital city of Syria.
Barada river in Damascus near the Four Seasons Hotel. The water level is uncharacteristically high in this view from the spring of 2009.
Barada river near the Citadel of Damascus, 2006
The upper valley of the Barada in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains 1855
Barada river 1868
Anti-Lebanon Mountains
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The Anti-Lebanon Mountains, are a southwest–northeast-trending, c. 150 kilometres long mountain range that forms most of the border between Syria and Lebanon. The border is largely defined along the c
Barada
…minor rivers that empty into swamps and small lakes provide water for local irrigation. 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…
Mount Hermon, the highest point in the Anti-Lebanon range, looking north from Mount Bental