🌊 Lake Qaraoun

Lebanon · Asia · 830 m · 33.57°N, 35.69°E

Lake Qaraoun is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It was created near Qaraoun village in 1959 by building a 61 m-high (200 ft) concrete-faced rockfill dam in the middle reaches of the Litani River. The reservoir has been used for hydropower generation, domestic water supply, and for irrigation of 27,500 ha.

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Quick facts

Country	Lebanon
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	830 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	33.57°N, 35.69°E · view on map

Lake Qaraoun sits at 830 m in Lebanon, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.