Damour river

The Damour River (Arabic:, Nahr Al Damour) is a 37.5-kilometer (23.3-mile) coastal river in Lebanon's Mount Lebanon Governorate. The river begins on the slopes of the 1943-meter peak Jabal el-Barouk, which is home to a nature park with some of Lebanon's biggest and oldest Cedars of Lebanon, and travels west through the Jisr Al-Kadi valley, where it collects water from the Chouf mountains' tributaries.

The Damour River runs south of Damour, the main town on its banks and the one that carries the river's name, towards the Mediterranean Sea. Drought-stricken Canaanite inhabitants named the river "Damoros" old Tamyrus,[2] in the attribution of 'Damoros' deity of longevity, connected to 'Achtarout', god of love and beauty, during the Phoenician period.

The river's longevity and the region's beauty were symbolized by this attribution. A crusade fight was fought on the river's margin in 1302, when it was a key location on the way to the Holy Land. The river was dubbed "Fleuve D'amour" by French crusaders following the fight.

Length: 37.5 km