Tigris

E12695

geographical feature major river river

The Tigris is a major river in Western Asia that, together with the Euphrates, forms the historical Mesopotamian heartland and flows through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Tigris River	114
Tigris canonical	27
Tigris River basin	5
Tigris River (nearby)	2
Lower Tigris	1
Tigris (upper and middle reaches)	1
Tigris (via marsh and canal system)	1
Tigris River (ashes scattered)	1
Tigris River (upper reaches)	1
Tigris River in Mesopotamia	1
Tigris River in northern Iraq	1
Tigris River valley	1
Tigris basin	1
Tigris watershed	1
Upper Tigris	1
Upper Tigris Basin	1
Upper Tigris Valley	1
دجلة	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ major river ⓘ river ⓘ
closelyAssociatedRiver	Euphrates ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryTraversed	Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
emptiesInto	Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
flowsThrough	Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
forms	Mesopotamian heartland ⓘ
formsBasinWith	Euphrates ⓘ
formsHistoricalRegionWith	Euphrates ⓘ
hasBasinCountry	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
hasMajorTributary	Adhaim River ⓘ Batman River ⓘ Diyala River ⓘ Greater Zab ⓘ Khabur River (Tigris tributary) ⓘ Lesser Zab ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Akkad ⓘ Assyria ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Sumer ⓘ
historicalRegion	Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
mouthLocatedIn	Iraq ⓘ
nameInArabic	Tigris self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: دجلة
nameInKurdish	Dijla ⓘ
nameInTurkish	Dicle ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamia ⓘ
passesThroughCity	Amarah ⓘ Baghdad ⓘ Basra ⓘ Diyarbakır ⓘ Kut ⓘ Mosul ⓘ Samarra ⓘ Tikrit ⓘ
riverSystem	Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
sourceCountry	Turkey ⓘ
sourceMountainRange	Taurus Mountains ⓘ
sourceRegion	Taurus Mountains ⓘ
ultimatelyEmptiesInto	Persian Gulf ⓘ
usedFor	drinking water supply ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (162)

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

Arab world → hasRiver → Tigris ⓘ

Mesopotamia → locatedBetween → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Mesopotamia → majorRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Iraq → river → Tigris ⓘ

Tigris → nameInArabic → Tigris self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: دجلة

Euphrates → formsConfluenceWith → Tigris ⓘ

Baghdad → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay → hasRollerCoaster → Tigris ⓘ

al‑Hallaj → burialPlace → Tigris ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

this entity surface form: Tigris River (ashes scattered)

Armenian Highlands → drainageBasin → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Hatra → locatedNear → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

northern Iraq → hasRiver → Tigris ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Ashur → locatedOn → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Basra → nearRiverConfluence → Tigris ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → containsRiver → Tigris ⓘ

Battle of the Zab → geographicalContext → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River basin

Samarra → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Garden of Eden → hasRiver → Tigris ⓘ

southern Iraq → traversedBy → Tigris ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Tikrit → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

eastern Turkey → traversedByRiver → Tigris ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Turkey

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Al-Awja → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Mosul → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Batman River → mouthOfWaterBody → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Batman River → tributaryOf → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Batman River → locatedIn → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Tigris Basin

Batman River → flowsInto → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Khabur River (Tigris tributary) → mouthOfWaterBody → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Khabur River (Tigris tributary) → tributaryOf → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Khabur River (Tigris tributary) → flowsInto → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River in northern Iraq

Greater Zab → mouth → Tigris ⓘ

Greater Zab → tributaryOf → Tigris ⓘ

Greater Zab → partOf → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris basin

Shatt al-Arab → formedByConfluenceOf → Tigris ⓘ

Kut → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Kut → locatedOnWaterway → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Diyala River → tributaryOf → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Diyala River → joins → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Diyala River → flowsInto → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Tigris–Euphrates river system → majorRivers → Tigris ⓘ

Dicle → refersTo → Tigris ⓘ

Dicle → hasAlternativeName → Tigris ⓘ

Amarah → locatedOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Amarah → majorRiverNearby → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Dijla → nameFor → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River

Dijla → alternativeNameOf → Tigris ⓘ

Lesser Zab → flowsInto → Tigris ⓘ

Lesser Zab → tributaryOf → Tigris ⓘ

Lesser Zab → partOfWatershed → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris watershed

Parthian Empire → hasCapitalOnRiver → Tigris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris River