page_title: Orontes River
hierarchical_section_title: Orontes River
caption_attribution_description: English: A noria on Orontes River in Hama, Syria Français&#160;: Une noria sur le fleuve Oronte à Hama en Syrie العربية: نهر العاصي الذي ينبع من لبنان ويمر في سوريا ليصب في البحر الأبيض المتوسط عند خليج السويدية.
context_page_description: The Orontes or Asi is a 571-kilometer-long river in Western Asia which begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
  As the chief river of the ancient Levant region, the Orontes was the site of several major battles. Among the most important cities located on the river nowadays are Homs, Hama, Jisr al-Shughur, and Antakya.
context_section_description: The Orontes (/ɔːˈrɒntiːz/; from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης, Oróntēs) or Asi (Arabic: العاصي‎, al-‘Āṣī, IPA: [alʕaːsˤiː]; Turkish: Asi) is a 571-kilometer-long (355 mi) river in Western Asia which begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
  As the chief river of the ancient Levant region, the Orontes was the site of several major battles. Among the most important cities located on the river nowadays are Homs, Hama, Jisr al-Shughur, and Antakya (the ancient Antioch, which was also known as "Antioch on the Orontes").
caption: The Norias of Hama along the Orontes in Syria
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