Anti-Lebanon

[ an-tee-leb-uh-nuhn ]

noun

1. a mountain range in SW Asia, between Syria and Lebanon, E of the Lebanon Mountains.

Anti-Lebanon

noun

1. a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)

Example Sentences

However, in 2004, there was a glimmer of hope: A scientist hiking through Syria’s Anti-Lebanon mountain range spotted bear tracks in the snow at an elevation of about 6,200 feet—the first evidence of a Syrian bear in Syria in 50 years.

From National Geographic

The convoy, shepherded by camouflage-painted Polaris and Yamaha ATVs zooming back and forth on the harsh terrain, followed a path hewn through the Anti-Lebanon mountains to within four miles of the Syrian border.

From Los Angeles Times

The Barada Gorge was cut through the Anti-Lebanon Mountains eons ago by the Barada river, which still runs through the centre of Damascus.

From BBC

The gene bank looks out on the Anti-Lebanon mountain range that forms much of Lebanon’s border with Syria and is not far from the conflict.

From Nature

To the east lies the rugged no man's land of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range — the barren realm of Syrian rebel fighters and sundry forces arrayed against them.

From Los Angeles Times