Fun facts about Tigris
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The Sumerian term for the Tigris can be interpreted as 'the swift river'.
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.
From the “Etymology” section
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The Tigris flows for 400 km through Southeastern Turkey before forming part of the Syria-Turkey border.
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.
From the “Geography” section
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Shallow-draft vessels can navigate the Tigris as far as Baghdad.
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.
From the “Navigation” section
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The Tigris is heavily dammed in Iraq and Turkey to provide water for irrigation.
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.
From the “Management and water quality” section
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In Sumerian mythology, the Tigris was created by the god Enki.
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.
From the “Religion and mythology” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Duha masood · CC BY-SA 4.0