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Orontes River (river) |
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Lat: 36 02 52 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.0470 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 58 01 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.9660 decimal degrees |
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Note: River crosses the border shared by Syria and Turkey. |
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Orontes River (preferred,C,V)
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Nahr el Aassi (C,V)
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Nahr al-ʻĀṣī (C,V)
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Asi (C,V)
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Orontes (C,V)
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Asi Nehri (C,V)
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Axios (H,V)
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Drakon (H,V)
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Ophites (H,V)
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Typhon (H,V)
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Ὀρόντης (H,V)
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نهر العاصي (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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