Anti-Lebanon Mountains

Mountain range along the border of Syria and Lebanon.

Running parallel to the Lebanon Mountains, the range averages 6,500 ft (2,000 m) in elevation. Because of its poor soil and steep slopes, it is sparsely populated.

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Arabic  Al-jabal Ash-sharqī, or Lubnān Ash-sharqī,  French  Anti-liban,  

      mountain range that runs northeast-southwest along the Syrian-Lebanese border parallel to the Lebanon Mountains, from which they are separated by the al-Biqāʿ Valley. The range averages 6,500 feet (2,000 m) above sea level, with several peaks exceeding 8,000 feet (2,400 m). As it runs south, the Anti-Lebanon range is interrupted by a broad shoulder (the Zabadani Saddle) of Mount Hermon (Hermon, Mount), 9,232 feet (2,814 m) high, which is sometimes considered to be the southernmost extension of the range. Because of thin soils, limestone sinks, steep slopes, and aridity, the Anti-Lebanon range is sparsely populated and economically useful only for nomadic herding.

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