Greater Zab

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The Greater Zab is a major river in the Middle East that flows through Turkey and Iraq before joining the Tigris.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Greater Zab canonical 9
Greater Zab River 2
Great Zab River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
transboundary river
basinCountry Iraq
Turkey
confluenceNear Mosul
continent Asia
country Iraq
Turkey
countrySubdivision Duhok Governorate
linked to: Duhok

Erbil Governorate
linked to: Erbil

Hakkâri Province
linked to: Hakkari region

Nineveh Governorate
Şırnak Province
linked to: Şırnak
crossesBorderBetween Turkey and Iraq
drainageBasinFeature snowmelt-fed tributaries
steep mountain valleys
environmentalIssue deforestation in upper basin
habitat fragmentation from dams
water quality degradation
flowsThrough Iraqi Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdistan

Turkish Kurdistan
hasPart Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve (region between rivers)
hasSeason high flow in spring
low flow in late summer
hasTributary Haji Beg River
Rawanduz River
Shin River
historicalRegion Assyria
Mesopotamia
knownFor high water volume relative to its length
seasonal flooding
languageRegion Arabic-speaking areas
Kurdish-speaking areas
locatedInDrainageBasin Persian Gulf drainage basin
mouth Tigris
mouthCountry Iraq
nearbyCity Amedi
Erbil
Zakho
linked to: Duhok
partOf Tigris basin
linked to: Tigris

Zagros mountain river systems
region Middle East
riverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
sourceCountry Turkey
sourceMountainRange Zagros Mountains
sourceRegion Anatolia
tributaryOf Tigris
usedFor hydroelectric power
irrigation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Tigris hasMajorTributary Greater Zab
Northern Iraq hasRiver Greater Zab
subject linked to: northern Iraq
Battle of the Zab locatedOn Great Zab River
linked to: Greater Zab
Dicle hasMajorTributary Greater Zab
Dijla hasTributary Greater Zab
Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve locatedBetween Greater Zab River
linked to: Greater Zab
Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve hasHydrologicalBoundary Greater Zab River
linked to: Greater Zab
Shin River tributaryOf Greater Zab
Shin River partOf Greater Zab basin
linked to: Greater Zab
Shin River mouth Greater Zab
Shin River riverSystem Greater Zab–Tigris river system
linked to: Greater Zab
Shin River flowsInto Greater Zab
Rawanduz River tributaryOf Greater Zab
Rawanduz River mouthLocation Greater Zab