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  2. Tigris–Euphrates river system - Wikipedia

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    The Tigris–Euphrates Basin is shared between Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. [6] [3] [4] [5] [7] Many tributaries of the Tigris river originate in Iran, and the Shatt al-Arab, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, makes up a portion of the Iran–Iraq border, with Kuwait's Bubiyan Island being part of its delta.

  3. List of cities and towns on the Euphrates River - Wikipedia

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    The upper reaches of the Euphrates flow through steep canyons and gorges, southeast across Syria, and through Iraq. From west to east, the Euphrates is in Syria joined by the Sajur, the Balikh and the Khabur. Lake Assad is a large lake in Syria on the Euphrates River formed by the construction of the Tabqa Dam in 1973.

  4. Tigris - Wikipedia

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    Batman River. The Tigris is heavily dammed in Iraq and Turkey to provide water for irrigating the arid and semi-desert regions bordering the river valley. Damming has also been important for averting floods in Iraq, to which the Tigris has historically been notoriously prone following April melting of snow in the Turkish mountains.

  5. Climate, politics double threat as Tigris-Euphrates shrivels

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    Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. Over 1,000 kilometers (625 miles ...

  6. Euphrates - Wikipedia

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    The Euphrates softshell turtle is an endangered soft-shelled turtle that is limited to the Tigris–Euphrates river system. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs from the 1st millennium BCE depict lion and bull hunts in fertile landscapes. [ 34 ]

  7. River valley civilization - Wikipedia

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    Mesopotamia was one of the earliest river valley civilizations: it started to form around 4000 BCE. The civilization was created after regular trading relationships started between multiple cities and states around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamian cities became self-run civil governments.

  8. Geography of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The geography of Mesopotamia, encompassing its ethnology and history, centered on the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates.While the southern is flat and marshy, the near approach of the two rivers to one another, at a spot where the undulating plateau of the north sinks suddenly into the Babylonian alluvium, tends to separate them still more ...

  9. List of tributaries of the Tigris - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tributaries of the Tigris by order of entrance. The Tigris originates in Turkey , forms a part of the borders of Turkey- Syria and flows through Iraq . It joins the Euphrates forming Shatt al-Arab , which empties into the Persian Gulf .