Anti-Lebanon

[ an-tee-leb-uh-nuhn ]

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noun

a mountain range in SW Asia, between Syria and Lebanon, E of the Lebanon Mountains.

Anti-Lebanon

a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)

The juice of her life is the gushing and ice-cold torrent that tumbles from the snowy sides of Anti-Lebanon.

Anti-Lebanon is the barest and most inhospitable part of the system.

The Lebanon range becomes lower and lower, while its namesake, the Anti-Lebanon, begins to rise.

Crossing the Anti-Lebanon mountains there is a little of water and soil and much red, rocky waste.

Among the ranges and spurs of the Anti-Lebanon are many green spots of great picturesque beauty.

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