Khabur River

E107808
river

The Khabur River is a major river in northeastern Syria that flows through the Jazira region and is historically significant as part of ancient Mesopotamia’s irrigation and settlement network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khabur River canonical 6
Khabur River basin 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
ancientName Habur ⓘ
Khabur ⓘ
associatedWith Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Hurrian ⓘ
surface form: Hurrian culture

Mitanni kingdom ⓘ
basinCountry Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
drainageBasin Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates basin
emptiesInto Euphrates near Busayrah ⓘ
environmentalIssue reduced flow due to upstream water use ⓘ
seasonal variability in discharge ⓘ
flowsInto Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River system
flowsThrough Jazira plain ⓘ
al-Hasakah Governorate ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Tell Barri ⓘ
Tell Brak ⓘ
Tell Leilan ⓘ
Tell Mozan ⓘ
hasCityOnBank Busayrah ⓘ
Ras al-Ayn ⓘ
al-Hasakah Governorate ⓘ
surface form: al-Hasakah
hasTributary Jaghjagh River ⓘ
Jarrah River ⓘ
Zergan River ⓘ
historicalRegion Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalUse agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
settlement network ⓘ
knownFor ancient Mesopotamian irrigation system ⓘ
archaeological sites along its banks ⓘ
languageOfToponym Arabic ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
lengthApprox approximately 400 km ⓘ
locatedIn Al-Jazira region ⓘ
surface form: Jazira region

northeastern Syria ⓘ
mentionedIn Assyrian sources ⓘ
Babylonian sources ⓘ
mouthOf Euphrates ⓘ
partOf Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
region Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
sourceRegion Turkish–Syrian border area ⓘ
southeastern Turkey ⓘ
tributaryOf Euphrates ⓘ
usedFor modern irrigation projects ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Euphrates → tributary → Khabur River ⓘ
Euphrátēs → hasMajorTributary → Khabur River ⓘ
Roman–Parthian frontier zone → hasBorderFeature → Khabur River ⓘ
northern Syria → traversedBy → Khabur River ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Syria
Al-Jazira region → majorRiver → Khabur River ⓘ
Qamishli → locatedOn → Khabur River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khabur River basin
Hasakah → locatedOnRiver → Khabur River ⓘ
Jazira → contains → Khabur River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khabur River basin