The Orontes (/ ɔː ˈ r ɒ n t iː z /; from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης, Oróntēs) or Asi (Arabic: العاصي, al-‘Āṣī, IPA: [alʕaːsˤiː]; Turkish: Asi) is a 571 kilometres (355 mi) long river in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.. As the chief river of the northern Levant, the ...

RMS Orontes was a steam ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company that was launched in 1902 and scrapped in 1925.. Orontes was a troop ship in the First World War.In 1922 she was sold for conversion into an exhibition ship, but the venture fell through so Orient Line repossessed her. Orontes was scrapped in 1925.. This was the first of two Orient Line ships …