Asi Nehri
E613422
Asi Nehri, known in English as the Orontes River, is a major river of the Eastern Mediterranean that flows southward through Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asi Nehri canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| associatedWithAncientCity | Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
Lebanon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Hatay Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward then westward ⓘ |
| flowsNear |
Antakya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hama NERFINISHED ⓘ Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Beqaa Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghab Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween |
Syria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | Nahr al-Asi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasinAreaApproxSqKm | 24000 ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | important in Hellenistic and Roman periods ⓘ |
| hasMajorCityOnBank |
Antakya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hama NERFINISHED ⓘ Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTurkishName | Asi Nehri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Antioch region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coele-Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Nahr al-Asi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lengthApproxKm | 571 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Eastern Mediterranean region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthNear | Samandağ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionHydrology | Eastern Mediterranean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Beqaa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.