Qaraoun
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Qaraoun is a Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Western Beqaa District. The village lies about 800 m above sea level. The dam is located nearby on the Litani River.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Qaraoun
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Qaraoun_Lake.jpg
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- Lake Qaraoun or Lake Litani, upstream of Qaraoun village in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon
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- Lebanon
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Lebanon
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- Country
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- Governorate
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- Beqaa Governorate
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- District
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- Western Beqaa District
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- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.60
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 14.60
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 3.6
- Settlement.population_total
- 7000
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics, economy and development
- Archaeology
- Qaraoun I (Left Bank)
- Qaraoun II (Right Bank)
- Qaraoun III (Ain el Barde)
- References
- External links
Qaraoun is a Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Western Beqaa District. The village lies about 800 m above sea level. The dam is located nearby on the Litani River.
==Geography== The village is delimited by Majdel Balhis on the east, Aitanite on the west, Baaloul on the north and Sohmor on the south. The ecoregion of the village has now a land area of 1460 ha, with 1100 ha of it under agriculture including 400 ha under irrigation and the balance agricultural area is rainfed. When the El Qaraoun Dam was built on the Litani River (the longest river in Lebanon) in 1959, Qaraoun village, lying on its left bank transferred an area of 740 ha for the development of the project. The ecoregions habitat composition is a delicate interface of dry lands with the riverine and lacustrine zones.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qaraoun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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