Litani River Authority

hydroelectric project, Lebanon

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The Litani River Authority was established in 1954 to manage the Litani River in Lebanon. Its primary goals were to increase irrigated land, generate electricity, and develop recreational areas. While the project's main achievement was the establishment of electrical power plants, its waters irrigate a significant farming region in the Bekaa valley.1

The Litani River itself originates west of Baalbek and flows southwest through the Bekaa valley. It bends west near Marjayoun, cutting a deep gorge to the Mediterranean Sea. The river has also become a significant geopolitical marker in Lebanon-Israel relations, particularly concerning Hezbollah's presence south of the river and along the border with Israel.21

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Lebanon
Resources and power
The Litani River hydroelectric project generates electricity and has increased the amount of irrigated land for agriculture. Lebanon’s power networks and facilities were damaged during the country’s civil war and by Israeli air strikes carried out during the periodic warfare of the late 20th and early…
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The Litani River hydroelectric project generates electricity and has increased the amount of irrigated land for agriculture. Lebanon’s power networks and facilities were damaged during the country’s civil war and by Israeli air strikes carried out during the periodic warfare of the late 20th and early…
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Litani River
Physiography
The Litani River Authority, established in 1954, was to have provided for an increase in irrigated land, generation of electricity, and development of recreational areas; however, the main achievement of the project was later limited to the establishment of electrical power plants.
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The Litani River Authority, established in 1954, was to have provided for an increase in irrigated land, generation of electricity, and development of recreational areas; however, the main achievement of the project was later limited to the establishment of electrical power plants.
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