Both the khamsin and the north winter wind are felt in the Lebanon Mountains.

The annual precipitation increases from about 30 inches (760 mm) along the coast to almost twice that much in the Lebanon Mountains.

The dynasty's rule as Druze leaders in the Lebanon Mountains lasted from 1517 to 1697.

'To get there, you'll drive 60 miles along the main Damascus highway, straight over the Lebanon Mountains.

The alliance had little practical benefit due to the remoteness of the town from Sidon, and the intervening Lebanon mountains.

They settled on the southwestern slopes of the Lebanon Mountains and soon adopted the Druze religion.

Israeli warplanes went into action to support their allies' withdrawal, hammering suspected guerrilla positions in the southern Lebanon mountains with rockets.

In the Lebanon Mountains the gradual increase in altitude produces colder winters with more precipitation and snow.

Mitzpe Eitan was erected as a memorial near the moshav, overlooking the Lebanon mountains and his parents' house.

Near its southern end, the Lebanon Mountains branch off to the west to form the Shuf Mountains.

Behind it, the Lebanon Mountains run the iength of the country, cresting at an elevation of more than 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above sea level.

Mount Lebanon, also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was Libanus

Being expelled somewhere on Lebanon mountains, accompanying him six bishops and 22 St-Antoine's Armenian Monks only.

It lies on the Mediterranean Sea near the Lebanon Mountains, about 55 miles (90 km) north of the Lebanon-Israel border.

The important symbol in Lebanon is the Cedar Tree because an abundance of them are found in the Lebanon Mountains.

The western range, the second major region, is the Lebanon Mountains, sometimes called Mount Lebanon, or Lebanon proper before 1920.

Aram stretched from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates, including the Habur valley in northwestern Mesopotamia.

The Lebanon mountains rise steeply parallel to the Mediterranean coast and form a ridge of limestone and sandstone that runs for most of the country's length.

The Ma'an tribe settled in the Lebanon Mountains on order of the governor of Damascus to defend against the encroaching Crusaders.

he wrote that Ilya, Metropolitan of the Lebanon Mountains, claimed to receive a sign from heaven that

The Biqa Valley and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains are shielded from the influence of the sea by the Lebanon Mountains.

Zahlé is built upon a series of foothills of the Lebanon mountains, with Mount Sannine towering above it at a height of 2,628 metres (8,622 feet).

Much of this precipitation appears as snow, and the peaks of the Anti-Lebanon, like those of the Lebanon Mountains, are snow-covered for much of the year.

The Beqaa valley sits between the Lebanon mountains in the west and the Anti-Lebanon range in the east; it's a part of the Great Rift Valley system.

Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus.