North Lebanon highlands

North Lebanon highlands is a Wine region in Lebanon.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Wine region

Area

51,045 ha registered outline

Centre

34.3194° N, 35.8732° E

Legal basis

Lebanon has no delimited appellations yet (Law 216/2000; none delimited by the INVV). Regions follow the cazas.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km south of Tripoli

Nearest city

44 km north-east of Jounieh 96,315 people

To the sea

12 km

Same latitude

Sierra Pelona Valley (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

0–3,084 m

Mean elevation

880 m

Measured over the whole outline on 129,236 elevation cells of about 63 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries LBN ADM2 (2021) (Public Domain)