Tigris–Euphrates river system

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river network river system

The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a major river network in Western Asia that nurtured the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and remains vital to the region’s ecology, agriculture, and human settlement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tigris Basin	2
Euphrates River region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river network ⓘ river system ⓘ
climateZone	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
drainageBasin	Persian Gulf ⓘ surface form: Persian Gulf basin
emptiesInto	Persian Gulf ⓘ
environmentalIssue	damming and flow regulation ⓘ salinization of irrigated lands ⓘ water scarcity ⓘ wetland degradation ⓘ
hasPart	Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ surface form: Euphrates floodplain Mesopotamian Marshes ⓘ Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ surface form: Tigris floodplain
hasUse	drinking water supply ⓘ fisheries ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation ⓘ
historicalRegion	Mesopotamia ⓘ
importance	central to Mesopotamian cultural history ⓘ key to regional food security ⓘ strategic water resource in the Middle East ⓘ
knownFor	cradle of civilization ⓘ early urbanization ⓘ fertile alluvial plains ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Western Eurasia ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
majorRivers	Euphrates ⓘ Tigris ⓘ
region	Fertile Crescent ⓘ
sourceRegion	Anatolia ⓘ surface form: Anatolian highlands
supportedCivilization	Akkadian Empire ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Babylonian civilization ⓘ Sumer ⓘ surface form: Sumerian civilization
supports	biodiversity in Western Asia ⓘ human settlement ⓘ regional agriculture ⓘ wetland ecosystems ⓘ
transboundary	true ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Baghdad → drainageBasin → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Batman River → drainageBasin → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris Basin

Diyala River → drainageBasin → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tigris Basin

Nippur → locatedOn → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River region

Batman River → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Dicle → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Dijla → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Diyala River → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Euphrates → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Khabur River (Tigris tributary) → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Shatt al-Arab → partOf → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → primaryTheatre → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Greater Zab → riverSystem → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Kut → riverSystem → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ

Tigris → riverSystem → Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ