Balikh River

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The Balikh River is a major river in northern Syria that flows through the arid plains of Upper Mesopotamia before joining the Euphrates.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Balikh River canonical 6
Balikh River basin 1
Balīkh River 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
basinCountry Syria
climateZone semi-arid
country Syria
crossesBorderFrom Turkey to Syria
drainageBasin Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates basin
ecosystemType riparian habitat in arid region
flowsDirection generally southward
flowsInto Euphrates
flowsThrough arid plains of Upper Mesopotamia
hasAlternativeName Balikh
hasAlternativeTransliteration Balikh River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Balīkh River
hasLanguageName Arabic
hasNameInArabic نهر البليخ
hasTributary Jullab River
Wadi al-Kheder
hasWatershedUse pastoralism
rain-fed farming
historicalRegion Assyria
Upper Mesopotamia
surface form: Northern Mesopotamia
historicalSignificance associated with Bronze Age settlements
important in early agricultural development in Mesopotamia
hydrologicalSystem Tigris–Euphrates river system
surface form: Euphrates–Tigris basin
isPartOfHydrologicalNetwork Middle Euphrates region
knownFor supporting ancient Mesopotamian settlements
locatedIn Upper Mesopotamia
northern Syria
locatedOnContinent Asia
mouthCountry Syria
mouthLocation near Raqqa
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Tell Hammam et-Turkman
Tell Sabi Abyad
nearbyCity Raqqa
Tell Abyad
partOf Mesopotamia
Tigris–Euphrates river system
politicalRegion Aleppo Governorate
Raqqa
surface form: Raqqa Governorate
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
sourceRegion Turkey
Şanlıurfa Province
tributaryOf Euphrates
tributaryType left tributary
usedFor agriculture
irrigation
watercourseType perennial river

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Input
Subject: Balikh River
Description of subject: The Balikh River is a major river in northern Syria that flows through the arid plains of Upper Mesopotamia before joining the Euphrates.

Referenced by (10)

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

Damascus river Balikh River
this entity surface form: Barada River
Euphrates tributary Balikh River
Haran locatedNear Balikh River
Aleppo locatedOnRiver Balikh River
this entity surface form: Quweiq River
Euphrátēs hasMajorTributary Balikh River
Balikh River hasAlternativeTransliteration Balikh River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Balīkh River
Al-Jazira region majorRiver Balikh River
Şanlıurfa, Turkey locatedOn Balikh River
subject surface form: Şanlıurfa
this entity surface form: Balikh River basin
Orhay nearRiver Balikh River
Ḫarrānu locatedNear Balikh River