Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates)
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Shatt al-Hillah is a distributary of the Euphrates River in central Iraq that flows through and irrigates the city of Hillah and its surrounding agricultural lands.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
river distributary
ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| distributaryOf | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Euphrates drainage basin ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Babylon Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hillah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion | Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | fertile alluvial plain of Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | شط الحلة NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
supporting agriculture
ⓘ
supporting local settlements ⓘ |
| hasGeographicCharacteristic |
artificially regulated by irrigation structures
ⓘ
low-gradient river channel ⓘ |
| hasHumanSettlementAlongItsBanks |
Hillah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rural villages in Babylon Governorate ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalFunction | distributes Euphrates water to local canals ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Hillah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| irrigates |
city of Hillah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding agricultural lands of Hillah ⓘ |
| isPartOf | irrigation network of central Iraq ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Babylon Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHydrologicalSystem |
Euphrates River system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tigris–Euphrates river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedInOrNear | area south of Hillah ⓘ |
| near | archaeological site of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Euphrates River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | historical Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
cereal crop cultivation in its irrigated area
ⓘ
date palm cultivation in its irrigated area ⓘ |
| tributaryDirection | left-bank distributary of the Euphrates ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural irrigation
ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ |
| watercourseType | distributary channel ⓘ |
| waterSourceFor |
irrigation canals in Babylon Governorate
ⓘ
local agriculture around Hillah ⓘ |
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