Habur

E473379

Habur is the ancient name of the Khabur River, a historically significant tributary of the Euphrates in northern Mesopotamia.

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Label Occurrences
Habur canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient river name ⓘ
river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chaboras ⓘ
Habor ⓘ
Khabur ⓘ
ancientNameOf Khabur River ⓘ
associatedWith Hurrian settlements ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
basinLocatedIn Jazira region ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jazira region
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
confluenceNear Deir ez-Zor ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
drainageBasin northeastern Syria ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Semitic root for "river" or "stream" ⓘ
flowsThrough Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSites Tell Barri ⓘ
Tell Brak ⓘ
Tell Halaf ⓘ
Tell Leilan ⓘ
hasFeature irrigated valleys ⓘ
seasonal tributaries ⓘ
historicalImportance center of Bronze Age urbanization in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalRegion Assyria ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
knownFor dense concentration of early urban sites ⓘ
role in Assyrian provincial system ⓘ
languageOfName Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
mentionedIn Akkadian texts ⓘ
Assyrian sources ⓘ
Babylonian sources ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
mouthLocatedIn Euphrates ⓘ
partOf Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
regionType alluvial plain ⓘ
sourceRegion southeastern Turkey ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
tributaryOf Euphrates ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khabur River → ancientName → Habur ⓘ