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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kurdistan (Iraq and Turkey)
- Also known as: “Āv-ā Rabūrku”, “Az Zāb al Kabīr”, “Çemê Zê”, “Great Zab”, “Nahr az Zāb al Kabïr”, “Nahr az Zāb al Kabīr”, “Øvre Zab”, “Rio Gran Zab”, “Rūdbār-i-Zei”, “Zab”, “Zab al A’li”, “Zab al Kabir”, “Zab River”, “Zab Superior”, “Zabatus”, “Zabus Maior”, “Zap”, “Zap Nehri”, “Zapnehiri”, “Zapsuyu”, “Մեծ Զաբ”, “زێی بادینان”, and “ザーブ川”
Great Zab River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.99346° or 35° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
43.33949° or 43° 20′ 22″ east
Elevation
184 metres (604 feet)
Open location code
8H75X8VQ+9Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Great Zab River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الزاب الأعلى”
- Arabic: “الزاب الكبير”
- Arabic: “نهر الزاب الكبير”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Զաբ գետ”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Զավ գետ”
- Armenian: “Մեծ Զավ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Great Zab”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Zab”
- Basque: “Zab Handia”
- Belarusian: “Вялікі Заб”
- Bulgarian: “Голям Заб”
- Catalan: “Gran Zab”
- Cebuano: “Great Zab River”
- Central Kurdish: “زێی گەورە”
- Chinese: “大扎卜河”
- Classical Syriac: “ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐ”
- Croatian: “Veliki Zab”
- Czech: “Velký Zab”
- Czech: “Velký Záb”
- Danish: “Store Zab”
- Dimli (individual language): “Zabo Gırd”
- Dutch: “Grote Zab”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الزاب الكبير”
- Finnish: “Iso-Zab”
- French: “Grand Zab”
- German: “Grosser Zab”
- German: “Großer Zab”
- Hebrew: “הזב הגדול”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Záb”
- Indonesian: “Zab Hilir”
- Italian: “Grande Zab”
- Japanese: “大ザーブ川”
- Japanese: “大ザブ川”
- Korean: “대자브강”
- Kurdish: “Zabî Gewre”
- Kurdish: “Zêî Gewre”
- Kurdish: “Zêyê Mezin”
- Kurdish: “زابى گەورە”
- Kurdish: “زێ ى گەورە”
- Kurdish: “زێیێ مەزن”
- Latin: “Lycus (flumen Mesopotamiae)”
- Latin: “Lycus”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Zabas”
- Malayalam: “ഗ്രേറ്റ് സാബ്”
- Mingrelian: “დიდი ზაბი”
- Northern Kurdish: “زێیێ مەزن”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Store Zab”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store Zab”
- Norwegian: “Store Zab”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐ”
- Persian: “زاب بزرگ”
- Polish: “Wielki Zab”
- Portuguese: “Grande Zab”
- Portuguese: “Grande Zabe”
- Russian: “Большой Заб”
- Sindhi: “زاب الڪبير ندي”
- Slovak: “Veľký Záb”
- Spanish: “Río Gran Zab”
- Swedish: “Övre Zap”
- Swedish: “Stora Zab”
- Turkish: “Büyük Zap”
- Turkish: “Büyükzap Suyu”
- Turkish: “Çığlı Suyu”
- Turkish: “Zap Suyu”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Заб”
- Urdu: “دریائے زاب”
- Venetian: “Fiume Gran Zab”
- Western Armenian: “Մեծ Զապ գետ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Qaryat as Safīnah and Qaryat al Makhlaţ.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tall al Mishrāq and Tall al Aḩmar.
Erbil Governorate: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Erbil and Rawanduz.
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