Greater Zab

E68122

river transboundary river

The Greater Zab is a major river in the Middle East that flows through Turkey and Iraq before joining the Tigris.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river → transboundary river →
basinCountry	Iraq → Turkey →
confluenceNear	Mosul →
continent	Asia →
country	Iraq → Turkey →
countrySubdivision	Duhok Governorate → Erbil Governorate → Hakkâri Province → Nineveh Governorate → Şırnak Province →
crossesBorderBetween	Turkey and Iraq →
drainageBasinFeature	snowmelt-fed tributaries → steep mountain valleys →
environmentalIssue	deforestation in upper basin → habitat fragmentation from dams → water quality degradation →
flowsThrough	Iraqi Kurdistan → Turkish Kurdistan →
hasPart	Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve (region between rivers) →
hasSeason	high flow in spring → low flow in late summer →
hasTributary	Haji Beg River NERFINISHED → Rawanduz River → Shin River →
historicalRegion	Assyria → Mesopotamia →
knownFor	high water volume relative to its length → seasonal flooding →
languageRegion	Arabic-speaking areas → Kurdish-speaking areas →
locatedInDrainageBasin	Persian Gulf drainage basin →
mouth	Tigris →
mouthCountry	Iraq →
nearbyCity	Amedi → Erbil → Zakho →
partOf	Tigris basin → Zagros mountain river systems →
region	Middle East →
riverSystem	Tigris–Euphrates river system →
sourceCountry	Turkey →
sourceMountainRange	Zagros Mountains →
sourceRegion	Anatolia →
tributaryOf	Tigris →
usedFor	hydroelectric power → irrigation →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dicle → Tigris →	hasMajorTributary
Northern Iraq →	hasRiver
Dijla →	hasTributary
Battle of the Zab ("Great Zab River") →	locatedOn