Which mountain range runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast along the western backbone of the country?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Mount Lebanon range
- Step 1: Lebanon is dominated by two parallel north-south mountain systems separated by an interior depression.
- Step 2: The western coastal spine is known as the Mount Lebanon range (Jabal Lubnan).
Answer
Mount Lebanon range.
Why not the others: 'Anti-Lebanon range' forms the eastern inland border spine; 'Nusayriyah mountains' are situated along the Syrian coast; 'Jabal al-Druze' is a volcanic massif in southern Syria.
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