Great Zab River
The Great Zab or Upper Zab is an approximately 400-kilometre long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq. It rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul.
- Stream
- Description: river in Kurdistan (Iraq and Turkey)
- Also known as“Āv-ā Rabūrku”“Az Zāb al Kabīr”“Great Zab”“Nahr az Zāb al Kabīr”“Rūdbār-i-Zei”“Zab al A’li”“Zab al Kabir”“Zab River”“Zapnehiri”“Zapsuyu”
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Latitude
35.99346° or 35° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
43.33949° or 43° 20′ 22″ east
Open location code
8H75X8VQ+9Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Great Zab River” goes by many names.
الزاب الأعلىArabic
الزاب الكبيرArabic
نهر الزاب الكبيرArabic
Մեծ ԶաբArmenian
Մեծ Զաբ գետArmenian
Մեծ ԶավArmenian
Մեծ Զավ գետArmenian
Ríu Great ZabAsturian
Böyük ZabAzerbaijani
Zab HandiaBasque
Вялікі ЗабBelarusian
Голям ЗабBulgarian
Gran ZabCatalan
Zab SuperiorCatalan
Great Zab RiverCebuano
زێی بادینانCentral Kurdish
زێی گەورەCentral Kurdish
زێیێ مەزنCentral Kurdish
大扎卜河Chinese
ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐClassical Syriac
Veliki ZabCroatian
LycusCzech
Velký ZábCzech
Store ZabDanish
Zabo GırdDimli (individual language)
Grote ZabDutch
نهر الزاب الكبيرEgyptian Arabic
Iso-ZabFinnish
הזב הגדולHebrew
Nagy-ZábHungarian
Zab HilirIndonesian
Grande ZabItalian
ザーブ川Japanese
大ザーブ川Japanese
大ザブ川Japanese
대자브강Korean
Çemê ZêKurdish
Zabî GewreKurdish
Zêî GewreKurdish
Zêyê MezinKurdish
زابى گەورەKurdish
زێ ى گەورەKurdish
زێیێ مەزنKurdish
LycusLatin
Lycus (flumen Mesopotamiae)Latin
ZabatusLatin
Zabus MaiorLatin
Didysis ZabasLithuanian
ഗ്രേറ്റ് സാബ്Malayalam
დიდი ზაბიMingrelian
زێیێ مەزنNorthern Kurdish
Store ZabNorwegian
Store ZabNorwegian Bokmål
Øvre ZabNorwegian Nynorsk
Store ZabNorwegian Nynorsk
ZapNorwegian Nynorsk
ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
زاب بزرگPersian
Wielki ZabPolish
Большой ЗабRussian
زاب الڪبير نديSindhi
Veľký ZábSlovak
Övre ZapSwedish
Stora ZabSwedish
Büyük ZapTurkish
Büyükzap SuyuTurkish
Çığlı SuyuTurkish
ZabTurkish
Zap NehriTurkish
Zap SuyuTurkish
Великий ЗабUkrainian
دریائے زابUrdu
Fiume Gran ZabVenetian
Մեծ Զապ գետWestern Armenian
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