Khabur
The Khabur or Little Khabur is a river that rises in Turkey and flows through Iraq to join the Tigris at the tripoint of Turkey, Iraq and Syria. The river originates in the Uludere District in Turkey and emerges from a number of small rivers flowing off the Taurus Mountains, to the south-east of Hakkâri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Tigris
- Also known as: “Habur”, “Habur Çayi”, “Havis Deresi”, “Khabur Su”, “Little Khabur”, “Nahr al Khābūr”, and “Rūbār-ē Khābūr”
- Historically known as: “Abora”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include خانيك and Faysh Khabur.
خانيك
Village
Al-Khalidiyah or Khanik is a village in the al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The village lies on the Tigris Khabur opposite to the Iraqi village of Faysh Khabur and is located 4 km south of the Semalka Border Crossing and just 3 km to the south of the tripoint of Iraq, Syria and Turkey. خانيك is situated 5 km south of Khabur.
Faysh Khabur
Village
Faysh Khabur is a town on the northwestern edge of the Kurdistan Region in the Zakho District of Duhok Governorate of Iraq. It is named after the Khabur River on which the town is built, and lies on the confluence of the Tigris and Khabur river. Faysh Khabur is situated 6 km southeast of Khabur.
Ovaköy
Village
Ovaköy is a village in the Silopi District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Tayan tribe and had a population of 175 in 2023. The hamlet of Bayındır is attached to Ovaköy. Ovaköy is situated 7 km east of Khabur.
Khabur
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Khabur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خابور”
- Arabic: “نهر الخابور”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Խաբուր”
- Asturian: “Ríu Khabur”
- Basque: “Khabur Txikia”
- Catalan: “Petit Khabur”
- Cebuano: “Habur Nehri”
- Central Kurdish: “خابوور”
- Chinese: “小哈布林河”
- Chinese: “小哈布爾河”
- Croatian: “Habura (Tigris)”
- Croatian: “Habura”
- Dutch: “Khabur”
- French: “Habur Çayı”
- German: “Chabur”
- Greek: “Χαμπούρ (Τίγρης)”
- Irish: “Khabur”
- Italian: “Khabur”
- Italian: “Piccolo Khabur”
- Japanese: “カーバー川”
- Japanese: “小ハブール川”
- Kurdish: “Ṟûbar-î Xabûr”
- Kurdish: “Xabûr”
- Kurdish: “ڕووبارى خابوور”
- Mingrelian: “ხაბური (ტიგროსი)”
- Mingrelian: “ხაბური”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lille Khabur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vesle Khabur”
- Norwegian: “Lille Khabur”
- Persian: “خابور کوچک”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cabur”
- Portuguese: “Rio Khabur”
- Romanian: “Khabur”
- Russian: “Хабур (приток Тигра)”
- Russian: “Хабур”
- Spanish: “Jabur”
- Spanish: “Khabur”
- Swedish: “Khabur”
- Turkish: “Habur Çayı”
- Urdu: “خابور”
- Venetian: “Fiume Khabur”
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