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The Barada River flows from lebenon through Damascus, in fact it is one of the main reasons that Damascus was founded. (www.syriagate.com/Syria/about/cities/Damascus/barada.htm)The river rises out of the Anti-Lebanon mountains and flows to the al-Utaybeh Lake. During several reigns, including Nabataean, Aramaean, Roman and Arab Umayyad, rulers decided to irrigate the river resaulting in the Ghoutah Oasis. The Ghoutah Oasis is a group of extremely fertile orchards that have been growing outside of Damascus for several years(.http://www.damascus-online.com/se/geo/barada.htm)