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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Caves of Iraq, Deserts of Iraq, Islands of Iraq, Lakes of Iraq, Mountains of Iraq, Peninsulas of Iraq, Rivers of Iraq, Waterfalls of Iraq, Wetlands of Iraq, Euphrates, Tigris, Shatt al-Arab, Great Zab, Little Zab, Mesopotamian Marshes, Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes, Arabian Desert, Zagros Mountains, Shanidar Cave, Umm al Binni lake, Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia, Tigris-Euphrates river system, Khabur, Mosul Dam, Al-Faw Peninsula, Central Marshes, Syrian Desert, Jabal Kumar, Gir-e Kumar, Hawizeh Marshes, Hammar Marshes, Lake Habbaniyah, Glory River, Lake Hamrin, Cheekha Dar, Lake Tharthar, Diyala River, Khawr Abd Allah, Majnoon Island, Lake Hammar, Lake Milh, Qandil Mountains, Sinjar Mountains, Kuhe Haji Ebrahim, Hufaidh, Alwand River, Lake Qadisiyah, Hamrin Mountains, Khasa River, Geli Eli Beg Waterfall, Tornadotus. Excerpt: Euphrates - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Euphrates View of the Murat RiverIn Syria, three rivers add their water to the Euphrates; the Sajur, the Balikh and the Khabur. These rivers rise in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains along the Syro-Turkish border and add comparatively little water to the Euphrates. The Sajur is the smallest of these tributaries; emerging from two streams near Gaziantep and draining the plain around Manbij before emptying into the reservoir of the Tishrin Dam. The Balikh receives most of its water from a karstic spring near 'Ayn al-'Arus and flows due south until it reaches the Euphrates at the city of Ar-Raqqah. In terms of length, drainage basin and discharge, the Khabur is the largest of these three. Its main karstic springs are located around Ra's al-'Ayn, from where the Khabur flows sout...




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