Tigris River
Tigris - tīˈgrĭs, river of SW Asia, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Taurus Mts., E Turkey, and flowing SE through Iraq to join the Euphrates River, with which it forms the Shatt al Arab. The Tigris is called the Hiddekil in the Bible. It flows swiftly and receives many tributaries, including the Diyala, originating in the Zagros Mts., and the Great and Little Zab Read More...
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Turkey's Approach to Utilization of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
by Mehmet Tomanbay. 22 pgs.
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Defining the Political/Ecological Threshold for the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
by John Kolars. 12 pgs.
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A New Challenge: Water Scarcity in the Arab World, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
by Ashok Swain. 11 pgs.
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A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians (1902) (Chap. I "The Lands of the Euphrates and Tigris")
by George Stephen Goodspeed. 422 pgs.
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The Middle East: A Geographical Study (Includes discussion of the Tigris river in multiple chapters)
by Peter Beaumont, Gerald H. Blake, J. Malcolm Wagstaff. 624 pgs.
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Iraq, 1900 to 1950: A Political, Social, and Economic History (Includes discussion of the Tigris river in multiple chapters)
by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg. 436 pgs.
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Area Handbook for Iraq ("The River System" begins on p. 18)
by Harvey H. Smith, William Giloane, Nancy W. Al-Any, Irving Kaplan, Donald W. Bernier, Rinn-Sup Shinn, Frederica M. Bunge, Suzanne Teleki, Richard F. Nyrop, Newton B. Parker, Beryl L. Benderly. 426 pgs.
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History of Babylonia and Assyria (Discussion of the Tigris river begins on p. 267)
by Robert William Rogers. 434 pgs.
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The Reconstruction of Iraq, 1950-1957 ("Control over the Water Systems" begins on p. 54)
by Fahim I. Qubain. 280 pgs.
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Iraq: Eastern Flank of the Arab World (Discussion of the Tigris river begins on p. 10)
by Christine Moss Helms. 215 pgs.
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