Orontes River

E153279
river

The Orontes River is a major river in the Eastern Mediterranean that flows through Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, historically supporting important cities and civilizations along its banks.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Orontes River canonical 23
Orontes River valley 4
Lower Orontes valley 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
ancientName Axius ⓘ
Draco ⓘ
Orontes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orontes

Typhoeus ⓘ
surface form: Typhon
basinCountry Lebanon ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
drainageBasin Orontes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orontes River basin
ecologicalRole supports wetlands and agricultural plains in Syria ⓘ
flowsThrough Antioch ⓘ
Ghab Plain ⓘ
Hama ⓘ
Homs ⓘ
hasHydrologicalIssue subject to seasonal flooding ⓘ
subject to water allocation disputes among riparian states ⓘ
historicalCityOnBanks Antioch ⓘ
Apamea on the Orontes ⓘ
surface form: Apamea

Hama ⓘ
Homs ⓘ
historicalImportance supported Hellenistic cities such as Antioch ⓘ
supported Roman and Byzantine settlements ⓘ
supported medieval Islamic cities in Syria ⓘ
length about 571 km ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
majorTributary Afrin River ⓘ
Kara Su ⓘ
mouth Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mouthLocation near Samandağ ⓘ
nameInArabic العاصي ⓘ
nameInArabicLatin Al-ʿĀṣī ⓘ
nameInTurkish Asi Nehri ⓘ
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Apamea archaeological site ⓘ
Qatna ⓘ
Tell Qarqur ⓘ
notableFeature flows generally northward contrary to many Levantine rivers ⓘ
partOf Syro-Lebanese river system ⓘ
politicalBorderRole forms part of the border between Syria and Turkey ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
sourceCountry Lebanon ⓘ
sourceRegion Beqaa Valley ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antioch → locatedOn → Orontes River ⓘ
Maronite Christianity → originRegion → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes Valley
Levant region → hasMajorRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Homs → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Riblah → locatedOn → Orontes River ⓘ
Hama → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Hama → traversedBy → Orontes River ⓘ
Antioch on the Orontes → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Bekaa Valley → traversedByRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
western Syria → contains → Orontes River ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Syria
this entity surface form: Orontes River valley
Orontes River → ancientName → Orontes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes
Orontes River → drainageBasin → Orontes River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes River basin
Hatay Province → hasRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Saint Maron → associatedWith → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes River region
Antakya → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
northern Syria → traversedBy → Orontes River ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Syria
Ancient Near East → majorRivers → Orontes River ⓘ
Battle of Kadesh → river → Orontes River ⓘ
Battle of Immae → tookPlaceNear → Orontes River ⓘ
Siege of Antioch (540) → region → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes River valley
Apamea on the Orontes → locatedOn → Orontes River ⓘ
Fertile Crescent → traversedBy → Orontes River ⓘ
Emesa → locatedIn → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes River valley
Emesa → near → Orontes River ⓘ
Ḥimṣ → locatedOn → Orontes River ⓘ
Hamath → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Epiphania → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Epiphania → wasUrbanCenterOf → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes valley
Hama District → locatedOnRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Bekaa Governorate → hasRiver → Orontes River ⓘ
Levantine Sea → hasInflow → Orontes River ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Orontes valley
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Orontes valley
526 Antioch earthquake → hasLocation → Orontes River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orontes River valley