Die Orontes (van die Griekse Ὀρόντης, Oróntēs) of Asi (Arabies: العاصي, al-‘Āṣī) is 'n rivier van 571 km in Wes-Asië.
Dit begin in Libanon, vloei noordwaarts deur Sirië en vloei dan naby Samandağ in Turkye in die Middellandse See.
As die belangrikste rivier in die Noord-Levant was die Orontes die terrein van verskeie groot veldslae. Een van die belangrikste stede aan die rivier is Antakya (die antieke Antiogië, wat ook bekend was as "Antiogië aan die Orontes").
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