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Awaj River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Awaj (Nahr al-A‘waj, literally 'crooked') is a river in Syria. It rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Hermon near Arnah, flows east for 70 km (43 mi) to the south of Damascus and terminates in the Buhairat al-Hijanah. The Awaj is usually identified as the Biblical Pharpar, mentioned in the Book of Kings.

Flows through: Syria.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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