Tigris–Euphrates river system

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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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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

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Augustan wars hasLocation Tigris–Euphrates river system
this entity surface form: Upper Tigris basin
Samsat hasRiverineLocation Tigris–Euphrates river system
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Muthanna Governorate hasFeature Tigris–Euphrates river system
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Tabqa city partOf Tigris–Euphrates river system
subject surface form: Tabqa
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley