Nahr ad-Damur
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Nahr ad-Damur نهر الدامور (Arabic) Damoros, Tamyrus (ancient) |
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 The Damour River at Jisr el Qadi . |
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| Data | ||
| location |
Mount Lebanon Governorate Lebanon |
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| River system | Nahr al Damour | |
| source | Nabaa Al Safa, Nabeh Al Barouk | |
| Source height | 1950 m | |
| muzzle | south of Damur in the Levant Sea Coordinates: 33 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ N , 35 ° 26 ′ 22 ″ E 33 ° 42 ′ 21 ″ N , 35 ° 26 ′ 22 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 1950 m | |
| Bottom slope | 51 ‰ | |
| length | 38 km | |
| Drain |
MQ |
35 m³ / s |
The Nahr ad-Damur ( Arabic نهر الدامور, DMG Nahr ad-Dāmūr ) is a river in Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is 37.5 km long and has water all year round.
Spelling
Due to the different transcription systems in Arabic, there are also different spellings of the name: Nahr al Damour , Nahr al-Damur .
course
Most of the water comes from Mount Barouk ( باروك). It flows steeply into the valley and then runs in a westerly direction through the Jisr Al Kadi valley (German: the judge's bridge), where it absorbs the streams from the Chouf . It passes the former capital of Chouf, Dair al-Qamar and south of Damur , the largest city along the river, it flows into the Levantine Sea .
mythology
At the time of the Phoenicians and Canaanites , the local residents named the river "Damoros" (Tamyrus) after a god of immortality. Damoros was also associated with " Akhtarout ", the god of love and beauty. This was to emphasize the immortality of the river and the beauty of the region. In 1302 the river gained strategic importance when the crusaders had to fight a battle on its banks on their way to the Holy Land . The Franks then referred to the river as "Fleuve D'amour".
Establishment of the city of Damur
The city of Damur was founded on the bank because poor country people wanted to collect the ferry tariffs for the emirs of Lebanon. Due to the strong current in winter, the residents secured the river passage for travelers and made them pay high tariffs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lebanese coastal rivers, Damour: 307,000 m³ / year ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Travels in Palestine and Syria , Volume 1, p. 286, George Robinson
