Etymology : Dijla (Arabic); Dicle (Turkish)
Average flow : in Iraq, 53 billion m³
Length : 1,900 km (1,180 mi)
Riverside countries : Turkey, Iraq, Syria
Average flow : in Iraq, 53 billion m³
Length : 1,900 km (1,180 mi)
Riverside countries : Turkey, Iraq, Syria
The Tigris comes from rainfalls in the Taurus Mountains in East-Southern Turkey. It is fed by others streams like the Great Zab. Its flow is more important from March to May than from August to October.
The Tigris joins the Euphrates near Basra. The part of the stream between Basra and the Persian Gulf is called Shatt-al-Arab.
The Tigris is very used as a transport route : it is navigable from the sea to Baghdad by shallow-draft vessels, to go upstream only rafts can be used.
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