Anti-Lebanon Mountains

Japanese: アンチ･レバノン[山脈]（英語表記）Anti‐Lebanon

A mountain range that runs parallel to the Lebanon Mountains along the Mediterranean Sea, across the Bekaa Plateau, and forms a natural border with Syria. In Arabic, it is called Jibāl Lubnān al‐Sharqīya. Although it is lower than the Lebanon Mountains, its topography is complex, with its central part being a terraced rocky desert of chalky limestone with an average elevation of 2,250 m and a width of 30 km. It extends southward, decreasing in elevation and then rising again to Mount Hermon. The western slope drops sharply to the Bekaa Plateau, so there is less water, arable land, and inhabitants than the eastern slope facing the Syrian Desert.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

地中海ぞいのレバノン山脈に平行して，陥没高原ベカーをはさんで，その東側を走りシリアとの自然な国境をなす連山。アラビア語でJibāl Lubnān al‐Sharqīya。レバノン山脈よりは低いが地形的には複雑で，中央部で標高平均2250m，幅30kmのテラス状･白亜質石灰岩の岩石砂漠になる。南にのびて標高をさげ再び高くなってヘルモン山に至る。西斜面がベカー高原に鋭く落ちるので，シリア砂漠に面する東斜面よりも，水，耕地，住民が少ない。

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