Lebanon
Sand Origin
Jibel
Random Sand Fact
In Lebanon, a causeway turned an island into mainland. Sand did the rest.
Tyre once stood on an island just off the coast.
A shallow sand bank already lay beneath the water between the island and the mainland. When a causeway was built across it, the local currents changed.
Sand and other sediment began accumulating on both sides. Layer by layer, the connection grew wider over the centuries.
Today, the former island is permanently joined to the mainland.
People built the causeway. Sand kept building.
