"كتيّب سوريا (بما في ذلك فلسطين). لندن: إدارة استخبارات الأركان البحرية، يونيو ١٩١٩" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٣] (٧٣٨/٤٣٠)

THE LEBANON AND ANTI-LEBANON
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are both large and of elaborate construction, being in many
places built up of masonry to a great height against the steep
cliffs.
The Yezid, the larger and higher canal, leaves the Barada
near Hameh, and on reaching Rubweh makes a wide sweep
northwards, almost skirting the foot of the northern hills.
It supplies the suburb of Salihiyeh and passes the villages
of Haresteh and Duma.
The Tora takes off not far up the valley. At Rubweh it
runs through a tunnel in an obstructing ridge and, on reaching
the open, works north-westward, making a greater sweep
around the northern flank of the city. It is shallow with
muddy banks overhung with trees, and passes chiefly through
gardens, but supplies also the northern suburbs outside the
city walls.
2. Other Streams and Springs in the Plain .—Various other
streams enter the plain from the ravines on the west and
north, but they are all speedily absorbed. A small stream,
Nahr Barbar, flows down from the wadi in which the village
of QaPat el-Jendel is situated. The fine gardens and fields
around the large* village of Qatana are abundantly watered
by a stream from a spring 1 mile west, but it is completely
exhausted after a course of 3 miles. A third comes from
a fine spring near Hafeyyer in the southern Sahra and passes
by a deep gorge to the plain. A fourth enters the north
east part of the plain coming from a spring at Raheibeh
in the plain of Jerud and is called N. el-Mukabrit (sulphurous
river), although the water is sweet. A fine stream passes
through Maqsurah and waters the plain below; in summer
its water is wholly absorbed but, in winter, it falls into Bahret
esh-Sharqiyeh.
There are likewise occasional springs in the plain itself,
such as one f mile west of Qatana. Another, ‘Ain el-Quseir,
near the base of the northern hills about 2 miles north
east of Duma, has three sources close together and the
stream waters a large tract, the surplus water falling into the
T5ra canal. The largest fountain in the plain is ‘Ain
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