Tigris - Wikipedia
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. The Tigris passes through historical cities like Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra, and Baghdad.
Tigris–Euphrates river system - Wikipedia
The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf. Its primary rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries.
The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation - BBC
2023年8月1日 · The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation (Credit: Westend61/Getty Images) This once-mighty river is where humans first developed agriculture, writing and the wheel. But now the...
Tigris-Euphrates river system | Ancient Mesopotamia, Asia
2024年9月14日 · Tigris-Euphrates river system, great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East. The lower portion of the region that they define, known as Mesopotamia (Greek: “Land Between the Rivers”), was one of the cradles of civilization.
Tigris River - WorldAtlas
2021年7月15日 · The Tigris River flows through three countries - Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and drains an area of approximately 375,000 sq. km (including Iran). It discharges an average volume of 1,014 cubic meters of water per second and a maximum of 2,779 cubic meters per second.
The Tigris River of Ancient Mesopotamia - ThoughtCo
2019年5月30日 · The Tigris is the second largest river in Western Asia, next to the Euphrates, and it originates near Lake Hazar in eastern Turkey at an elevation of 1,150 meters (3,770 feet). The Tigris is fed from snow which falls annually over the …
Tigris-Euphrates river system - Mesopotamia, Shatt al-Arab, …
2024年9月14日 · As it reaches the Mesopotamian alluvial plain above Sāmarrāʾ, the Tigris is a bigger, faster, more silt-laden, and more unpredictable river than the Euphrates at the corresponding point, Al-Fallūjah.
Tigris River - National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · Surrounded by four countries (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria), the Tigris River is the second largest river in western Asia. With the Euphrates River, it makes up a river system that borders Mesopotamia in the area known as the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris River | river, Middle East | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
…is the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, north or northwest of the bottleneck at Baghdad, in modern Iraq; it is Al-Jazīrah (“The Island”) of the Arabs. South of this lies Babylonia, named after the city of Babylon.
Tigris - Wikiwand
The Tigris (/ ˈtaɪɡrɪs / TY-griss; see below) 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.