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Tigris River

river, Middle East
Also known as: Dicle, Dijla, Hiddekel, Idiklat, Tigra, Trigres

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  • Asian water resources
    • Asia
      In Asia: Water resources

      … on the other, concerns the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, whose headwaters lie in Turkey. Turkey had already built several dams, including the Atatürk Dam, on the two rivers, and construction has been underway on two more dams on the Euphrates, at Birecik and Kargamış, since the 1990s. Iraq and Syria…

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  • history of Mesopotamia
    • Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history
      In history of Mesopotamia: The background

      …is the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, north or northwest of the bottleneck at Baghdad, in modern Iraq; it is Al-Jazīrah (“The Island”) of the Arabs. South of this lies Babylonia, named after the city of Babylon. However, in the broader sense, the name Mesopotamia has come to…

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  • physiography of Baghdad
    • Baghdad
      In Baghdad: City site

      Baghdad is situated on the Tigris River at its closest point to the Euphrates, 25 miles (40 km) to the west. The Diyālā River joins the Tigris just southeast of the city and borders its eastern suburbs. (See Tigris-Euphrates river system.) The terrain surrounding Baghdad is a flat alluvial plain…

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relief and drainage of

    • Iraq
      • Iraq
        In Iraq: Relief

        …in the north between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; deserts in the west and south; and the highlands in the northeast. Each of these regions extends into neighbouring countries, although the alluvial plains lie largely within Iraq.

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    • Turkey
      • Turkey
        In Turkey: Rivers

        …by the Euphrates (Fırat) and Tigris rivers, which flow south for some 780 miles (1,250 km) and 330 (530 km) miles, respectively, before entering Syria and then Iraq, where they converge to enter the Persian Gulf (see Tigris-Euphrates river system).

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