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Tigris river
alternative words: Tigris
keywords:
locality
related topics:
Euphrates river
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Mosul
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Baghdad
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Basra
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Shatt al Arab
related web sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris
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http://lexicorient.com/e.o/tigris.htm
explanation: With the Euphrates river, the Tigris is one of the 2 largest rivers in the middle east. It takes a source from the eastern Turkish mountains, goes through Iraq by irrigating Iraqi major cities such as Mosul, Samarra and Baghdad, then pours onto Persian Gulf after merging with the Euphrates at Qurna near Basra to become Shatt al Arab. The Tigris is cited by the Bible as one of 4 rivers that flow from the garden of Eden. Its length is 1,850 km.
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