The Litani River is located within the borders of Lebanon. The river rises in the center of the northern Biqa'a Valley, which is a short distance west of Baalbek and continues to flow between the Lebanon mountain to the west and the anti-Lebanon mountains to the east, running south and southwest at its own pace. The river then enters a gorge at Qarun, and then follows through it about 30 kilometers and, near Nabatiya and the Beaufort Castle, precipitously turns right, to the west, and breaks through the mountain range to the right. The Litani River continues to flow through the elevated landscape of the al-Amal region. North of Tyre, it empties into the Mediterranean.