Lake Tharthar

Lake Tharthar, and known in as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar, is an artificial lake created in 1956, situated 100 kilometers northwest of between the and the rivers.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Therthar Lacke”, “Ath-Tharthar Lake”, “Ath-Tharthari järv”, “Buhairat ath-Tharthar”, “Buhayrat ath Tharthar”, “Hawr Umm ar Rahhal”, “Lac-reservoir du Thartar”, “Mileh Tharthar”, “Milḩat ath Tharthār”, “Umm ar Raḩḩāl”, “Wadi Tharthar”, and “Вади-Тартар”

Lake Tharthar

Latitude
33.9686° or 33° 58′ 7″ north
Longitude
43.28262° or 43° 16′ 57″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8H55X79M+C2
Geo­Names ID
90169
Wiki­data ID
Q1640519
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Tharthar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الثرثار”
  • Arabic: “منخفض الثرثار”
  • Belarusian: “Тартар”
  • Cebuano: “Buḩayrat ath Tharthār”
  • Chinese: “塞尔萨尔湖”
  • Chuvash: “Тартар”
  • Czech: “jezero Tartar”
  • Czech: “Tharthar”
  • Dutch: “Lake Tharthar”
  • Estonian: “Ath-Tharthāri järv”
  • French: “lac-réservoir du Thartar”
  • French: “Lac-réservoir du Thartar”
  • German: “Tharthar-See”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Tharthar”
  • Italian: “Buhayrat al-Thartar”
  • Italian: “Buhayrat ath Thartar”
  • Japanese: “サルサール湖”
  • Korean: “사르사르호”
  • Latvian: “Tartāra ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Tartaro ežeras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tharthar”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ثرثار”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Tharthar”
  • Russian: “Тартар”
  • Serbian: “Тартар”
  • Slovenian: “Tatarsko zajezitveno jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Tharthar”
  • Turkish: “Tartar Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Тартар”
  • Ukrainian: “Тартар”
  • Urdu: “ثرثار جھیل”
  • Venetian: “Buhayrat ath Thartar”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Tharthar”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Tharthar”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Arāḑī al Muthanná and Kārat ‘Umar.

Notable Places Nearby

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