The border between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic runs for a total length of about 375 km; it accounts for most of the land border of Lebanon (except for the short border with Israel in the south). It runs eastward from the Mediterranean coast, following the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi. The Lebanese border forms a salient to include the villages of Karha and Knaisse Akkar in the northwest of Akkar District, just west of the Syrian Lake Homs, and again turns to the south-east, cutting across the Orontes (at ) and the trans-Beqaa road between Qaa and Al-Qusayr (at ), reaching the Anti-Lebanon mountains at about .