Tigris–Euphrates river system

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The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a major river network in Western Asia that nurtured the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and remains vital to the region’s ecology, agriculture, and human settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river network
river system
climateZone arid
semi-arid
continent Asia
country Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
drainageBasin Persian Gulf basin
linked to: Persian Gulf
emptiesInto Persian Gulf
environmentalIssue damming and flow regulation
salinization of irrigated lands
water scarcity
wetland degradation
hasPart Euphrates floodplain
Mesopotamian Marshes
Tigris floodplain
hasUse drinking water supply
fisheries
hydroelectric power
irrigation
navigation
historicalRegion Mesopotamia
importance central to Mesopotamian cultural history
key to regional food security
strategic water resource in the Middle East
knownFor cradle of civilization
early urbanization
fertile alluvial plains
irrigated agriculture
locatedIn Mesopotamia
Middle East
Western Asia
linked to: Western Eurasia
majorRivers Euphrates
Tigris
region Fertile Crescent
sourceRegion Anatolian highlands
linked to: Anatolia
supportedCivilization Akkadian Empire
Ancient Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria

Babylonian civilization
Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
supports biodiversity in Western Asia
human settlement
regional agriculture
wetland ecosystems
transboundary true

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Tigris riverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Euphrates partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Baghdad drainageBasin Tigris–Euphrates river system
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) primaryTheatre Tigris–Euphrates river system
Nippur locatedOn Euphrates River region
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Batman River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Batman River drainageBasin Tigris Basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Khabur River (Tigris tributary) partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Greater Zab riverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Shatt al-Arab partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Kut riverSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Diyala River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Diyala River drainageBasin Tigris Basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Dicle partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Dijla partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lesser Zab partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lesser Zab drainageBasin Tigris–Euphrates drainage basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Al-Furāt partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Euphrátēs partOfDrainageBasin Tigris–Euphrates river system
Keban Dam riverBasin Euphrates–Tigris basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Atatürk Dam riverBasin Euphrates–Tigris basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Iraqi alluvial plain hydrologicalSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Erzurum Province hasRiverSource Euphrates basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Balikh River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Balikh River hydrologicalSystem Euphrates–Tigris basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Adhaim River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Sajur River partOf Euphrates basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Sajur River hydrologicalSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Upper Mesopotamia hasSubregion Upper Tigris basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lagash locatedNear Tigris–Euphrates river system
Karun River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Karkheh River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Fertile Crescent hasPart Tigris–Euphrates river system
Central Marshes partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Marsh Arabs primaryRegion Tigris–Euphrates river system
Marsh Arab culture centeredIn Tigris–Euphrates river system
Hawizeh Marshes hydrologicalSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
Dijlah partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Xabûr partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve drainageBasin Tigris-Euphrates system
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Arvand Rud partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Diyarbakır city walls locatedIn Upper Tigris River basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Mesopotamian Marshes locatedIn Tigris–Euphrates river system
Deir ez-Zor Airport regionServed Euphrates River valley
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lower Zab partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lower Zab watercourse Tigris–Euphrates basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Lower Zab partOf Iraq river network
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Shin River partOf Tigris River basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Shin River partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
Southeastern Anatolia Project locatedIn Upper Tigris Basin
linked to: Tigris–Euphrates river system