Mount Sannine

Lebanon / al-Biqaa / Zahhlah /
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Mount Sannine, with its snow-capped summit towering above Beirut, is arguably Lebanon best-known mountain, and at 2.628m, one of its highest. Due to its limestone nature, it forms one of Lebanon's principal aquifers, and is the site of dozens of springs feeding some of the country's main rivers (Nahr el Kalb, Nahr Beirut, Nahr el Berdawni...) Due to the abundance of water, the mountain's Western slopes, partly covered with pine groves, are one of Lebanon's most densely populated areas.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sannine
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Coordinates:   33°57'20"N   35°51'36"E
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