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The Barada (in ancient times: Chrysorrhoas ; Arabic بردى, DMG Baradā ) is a river in Syria . In the Bible ( 2 Kings 5.12 EU ) it is called Abana ( Hebrew אבנה); in the Luther Bible from 1964 also Amana . Classical writers called it "gold river".
It rises in the southwestern area of Antilebanon , northwest of the 2420 meter high peak there at an altitude of at least 1400 meters near the Lebanese border and first flows about 20 kilometers as the crow flies in a southwestern direction until it reaches the southwestern foot of Antilebanon at about 1100 meters . There it turns to the southeast and separates the Hermon Mountains from the Anti-Lebanon in order to flow through Damascus in the northern part of the city after another 25 kilometers at an altitude of about 690 meters . It irrigates the oasis of Damascus ( Ghouta ) in six large canals and the outer edge of the oasis, called Merj , flows 15 kilometers further east past Tell eṣ-Ṣaliḥiyeh , an ancient settlement hill , before flowing a total of 30 kilometers east of the capital loses a dry area at an altitude of about 600 meters . During the rainy season, a swamp forms in this part of the Syrian desert steppe. Today the Barada is no longer used to supply the city with drinking water. The total length of the river is 84 kilometers.
Barada is also the name of the most famous Syrian beer brand.
Individual evidence
literature
- Immanuel Benzinger : Chrysorrhoas 8 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2519 f.
