Iraqi alluvial plain

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alluvial plain geographical region lowland

The Iraqi alluvial plain is a fertile lowland region in southern Iraq formed by the deposits of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, historically home to ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Iraqi plains 2
Mesopotamian plain 2
Tigris–Euphrates alluvial plain 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alluvial plain ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
lowland ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance birthplace of some of the earliest cities ⓘ
dense concentration of ancient tells (mounds) ⓘ
boundedBy Arabian Desert ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Zagros foothills
characteristic extensive irrigation ⓘ
fertile soils ⓘ
low elevation ⓘ
seasonal flooding (historically) ⓘ
climate arid to semi-arid ⓘ
contains Mesopotamian Marshes ⓘ
marshlands of southern Iraq ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
drainsTo Persian Gulf ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing (in marsh areas) ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
formedBy Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River

Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River
hasHydrologicalFeature distributary channels ⓘ
flood basins ⓘ
natural levees ⓘ
historicalRegionFor Akkad ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Sumer ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamian civilizations ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
knownFor development of irrigation systems ⓘ
early agriculture ⓘ
early urbanization ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ
locatedIn southern Iraq ⓘ
majorCrops barley ⓘ
dates ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
partOf Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
soilType alluvial deposits ⓘ
threatenedBy salinization ⓘ
upstream dam construction ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
timeDepthOfOccupation since at least the 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
usedFor crop cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Euphrates → passesThrough → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
Uruk → locatedIn → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Mesopotamia
Code of Ur-Nammu → placeOfOrigin → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Mesopotamia
southern Iraq → contains → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
this entity surface form: Thi Qar Marshes
southern Iraq → contains → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
this entity surface form: Iraqi Marshlands
Tigris–Euphrates river system → hasPart → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigris floodplain
Tigris–Euphrates river system → hasPart → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates floodplain
northern Babylonia → locatedOn → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Babylonia
this entity surface form: Tigris–Euphrates alluvial plain
Eastern Iraq → separatesFrom → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi plains
Eastern Iraq → formsBoundaryBetween → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi plains
Baghdad Governorate → partOf → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian plain
Qadisiyyah Governorate → locatedIn → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian plain
Mesopotamian Marshes → partOf → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigris–Euphrates alluvial plain
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigris-Euphrates delta