Tigris
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Length
1,750 km
Coordinates
36.8000, 41.0000
Category
rivers
Overview
Twin river of the Euphrates - together they cradled the world's first civilisations in Mesopotamia.
About
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.
More about Tigris
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