Orontes (river)

natural · 1000 BC – 2099 AD

The Orontes River is one of the chief rivers of the Levant.

Coordinates

35.37838, 36.47813

Also known as

Arantu (akk), Axios, Belus, Drakon, Nehr-i Arnaṭ (ota), Nehr-i ʿĀṣī (ota), Nehr-i Ḥamāt (ota), Ophites, Orontes (grc), Typhon, amnis Orontes (la), amnis Orontes, Orontes amnis (la), نهر ارنط (ota), نهرِ عاصى (ota), Ὀρόντης (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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