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The area of Barada and Awaj basins is 8600 km” 
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year which is not enough to Damascus area. 
There are three large springs in Damascus area: 
|. Ain Al-Fiegeh Spring : Its discharge is between 
1,4 - 28m /sec. 
250 Mm"/year. 
2. Barada Spring : Its discharge is between 1,3-3.3 m / 
sec. The main annual discharge is equal to 104 Mm’/ 
year (figure 7). 
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The rainfall in 
year. 
3. Al-Hermon Springs : Their discharge are 8,9m /sec. 
€ Main annual discharge is equal to 144 Mm°/year. 
  
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Vaftey-bortom Quoteemey am éntramountain dove Carbonate Jurassic 
  
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Figure 5, Geological interpretation of SPOT image for 
. Damascus area. 
al water resources equal to 850 Mn 
The main annual discharge is equal to 
the Damascus area is about 212 mm/ 
  
Figure 7, Photograph of Baradaspring 
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