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Iraq's major river systems (French language map). This is a list of rivers of Iraq. Persian Gulf. Shatt al-Arab. Euphrates.
The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب, lit. 'River of the Arabs'; Persian: اروندرود, romanized: Arvand Rud, lit. 'Swift River' [5]) is a river about 200 kilometres (120 mi) in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq.
Most geographers, including those of the Iraqi government, discuss the country's geography in terms of four main zones or regions: the desert in the west and southwest; the rolling upland between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in Arabic the Dijla and Furat, respectively); the highlands in the north and northeast; and the alluvial plain through which the Tigris and Euphrates flow.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Iraq" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 ...
Map of Syria. 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.
First, in the Book of Genesis, it is the third of the four rivers branching off the river issuing out of the Garden of Eden. [9] The second mention is in the Book of Daniel, wherein Daniel states he received one of his visions "when I was by that great river the Tigris". [21] The Tigris River is also mentioned in Islam in Sunan Abi Daud 4306. [22]
Approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) of the river's course is located within Iraq. [7] The average discharge of the Great Zab is 419 cubic metres (14,800 cu ft) per second, but peak discharges of up to 1,320 cubic metres (47,000 cu ft) per second have been recorded. [ 10 ]
The Shatt en-Nil Is a dry river bed/canal in southern Iraq. [1] It is also known as the Naru Kabari. [2] [3] [4]Map of the Shatt en-Nil through Nippur. Called the Euphrates of Nippur, the river was an important irrigation [5] and transport infrastructure for the city of Nippur during antiquity.