Lake Tharthar
Lake Tharthar, and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar, is an artificial lake created in 1956, situated 100 kilometers northwest of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
NASA, Public domain.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
- Description: lake in Iraq
- Also known as“Al Therthar Lacke”“Ath-Tharthar Lake”“Buhairat ath-Tharthar”“Hawr Umm ar Rahhal”“Mileh Tharthar”“Milḩat ath Tharthār”“Umm ar Raḩḩāl”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
33.9686° or 33° 58′ 7″ north
Longitude
43.28262° or 43° 16′ 57″ east
Open location code
8H55X79M+C2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Tharthar” goes by many names.
بحيرة الثرثارArabic
منخفض الثرثارArabic
ТартарBelarusian
Buḩayrat ath TharthārCebuano
塞尔萨尔湖Chinese
ТартарChuvash
jezero TartarCzech
ThartharCzech
Lake ThartharDutch
Ath-Tharthāri järvEstonian
Danau ThartharIndonesian
Buhayrat al-ThartarItalian
Buhayrat ath ThartarItalian
Buhayrat ath ThartharItalian
Wadi ThartharItalian
サルサール湖Japanese
사르사르호Korean
Buhayrat ath ThartharLatvian
Tartāra ezersLatvian
Tartaro ežerasLithuanian
ThartharNorwegian Nynorsk
دریاچه ثرثارPersian
Вади-ТартарRussian
ТартарRussian
ТартарSerbian
Tatarsko zajezitveno jezeroSlovenian
Tartar GölüTurkish
Озеро ТартарUkrainian
ТартарUkrainian
ثرثار جھیلUrdu
Buhayrat ath ThartarVenetian
Hồ ThartharVietnamese
Llyn ThartharWelsh
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