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Beirut ‘river’

September 14, 2006 · 6 Comments

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The legendary Beirut river…

Categories: Lebanon · Photos

6 responses so far ↓

  • Renegade Eye // September 15, 2006 at 6:23 am

    It looks less than legendary.

  • bashir // September 15, 2006 at 6:06 pm

    I passed by it last week and thought it deserves a pic and a post. Thanks.

  • Anarchorev // September 15, 2006 at 10:34 pm

    It is really disgusting! In the winter it overflows with mud and dirt. While walking around on the sidewalk on the bridge, I actually passed by a dead dog spread on the sidewalk, blood gushing out of its mouth. :-S I was going to take a picture of that too, but I thought it would be distasteful to do so.

  • Tears for Lebanon // September 16, 2006 at 12:32 am

    When my husband and I went to Lebanon we drove by this river, and my husband said this is the river I looked and said were he said right there I again said where then he said that water there. Living with the Missippi river you want to see a river this was not a river what a shame.

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  • tired // September 17, 2006 at 2:17 am

    Ugh - looks almost as bad as the LA River in a draught. Was
    it “sewerized” for flood control? Is there a lot of diversion for irrigation? Is that the natural course cemented in or was it redirected?

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