Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates)

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Shatt al-Hillah is a distributary of the Euphrates River in central Iraq that flows through and irrigates the city of Hillah and its surrounding agricultural lands.

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Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river distributary ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
distributaryOf Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
drainageBasin Euphrates drainage basin ⓘ
flowsThrough Babylon Governorate ⓘ
Hillah ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
geographicalContext fertile alluvial plain of Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasArabicName شط الحلة ⓘ
hasEconomicUse supporting agriculture ⓘ
supporting local settlements ⓘ
hasGeographicCharacteristic artificially regulated by irrigation structures ⓘ
low-gradient river channel ⓘ
hasHumanSettlementAlongItsBanks Hillah ⓘ
rural villages in Babylon Governorate ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFunction distributes Euphrates water to local canals ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Hillah ⓘ
irrigates city of Hillah ⓘ
linked to: Hillah

surrounding agricultural lands of Hillah ⓘ
isPartOf irrigation network of central Iraq ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn central Iraq ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Babylon Governorate ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicalSystem Euphrates River system ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
mouthLocatedInOrNear area south of Hillah ⓘ
near archaeological site of Babylon ⓘ
partOf Euphrates River basin ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates region
region historical Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian period
supports cereal crop cultivation in its irrigated area ⓘ
date palm cultivation in its irrigated area ⓘ
tributaryDirection left-bank distributary of the Euphrates ⓘ
usedFor agricultural irrigation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
watercourseType distributary channel ⓘ
waterSourceFor irrigation canals in Babylon Governorate ⓘ
local agriculture around Hillah ⓘ

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

Hillah → hasNearbyRiver → Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates) ⓘ