Tigris River corridor

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The Tigris River corridor is a fertile and strategically important stretch of land following the Tigris River through central Iraq, hosting key cities, agriculture, and transport routes.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river corridor ⓘ
borderedBy arid steppe regions ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains floodplain settlements ⓘ
riverine wetlands ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
follows Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
hasEconomicActivity crop cultivation ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
urban commerce ⓘ
hasFeature alluvial soils ⓘ
fertile floodplains ⓘ
irrigated agricultural land ⓘ
hasInfrastructure bridges ⓘ
dams ⓘ
highways ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ
railways ⓘ
hasMajorCity Amarah ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
Kut ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
Tikrit ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor ancient trade routes ⓘ
early urbanization in Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageMajority Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq ⓘ
central Iraq ⓘ
partOf Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
strategicImportance control of transport corridors ⓘ
control of water resources ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
supports dense human population ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
traverses Baghdad Governorate ⓘ
Maysan Governorate ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
Salah al-Din Governorate ⓘ
Wasit Governorate ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
trade routes ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
waterSource Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris

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Referenced by (23)

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

Salah ad Din Governorate → locatedOn → Tigris River corridor ⓘ
Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → location → Tigris River region ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Sharqat → riverValley → Tigris Valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Dar al-Khilafa palace complex → locatedOn → Tigris River plain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Abu Dulaf Mosque → locatedOn → Tigris River plain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Siege of Nineveh → geographicContext → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve → borderedBy → Tigris River plain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad → locatedOn → Tigris River basin (region) ⓘ
subject linked to: College of Agriculture
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Tigris frontier ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Samarra offensive → region → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Battle of Sharqat → location → Tigris River region ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Baiji → isOn → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Balad → locatedOn → Tigris River plain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Al-Shirqat → locatedInRegion → Tigris Valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Old Assyrian Empire → locatedIn → Tigris River region ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Mosul Dam Lake → locatedIn → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Badinî → region → Upper Tigris region ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Iraqi Parliament building → locatedIn → Tigris River area of Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Sharqat District → locatedInRegion → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Monastery of Mor Augin → locatedNear → Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Mansour District → locatedOn → Tigris River metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Qal'at Saleh → hasGeographicalFeature → Tigris River floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor
Kumait → locatedInGeographicRegion → Tigris–Euphrates alluvial plain ⓘ
linked to: Tigris River corridor