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Orontes

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The principal river of Syria, rises in the western slopes of Anti-Lebanon, and flows northward through Syria, turning at last SW. to the Mediterranean; its course of 150 m. is through country in many parts well cultivated, past the towns of Hems and Hamah, and latterly through a woody ravine of great beauty.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Orontes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/orontes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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