Study of the general characteristics of Fractures in the central part of
the AL-Kabir AL- Shimali river basin showed the presence of
several main groups of Fractures with directions NE-SW _ NNESSW,
NW-SE , E-W.and showed increased fracture rate in
the
northern and southern parts of the study area, and that the spacing
between the Fractures close to the medium convergence (5-34) cm ,
also show a aperture ranged between (0.1-5.1) cm, where aperture
width was increased in southwest of Lake 16 October near Lattakia-
Kless fault .