Tigris River

The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the . The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the and reaching to the .
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Tigris River

Latitude
30.59064° or 30° 35′ 26″ north
Longitude
47.76907° or 47° 46′ 9″ east
Open location code
8H29HQR9+7J
Geo­Names ID
96998
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Tigris River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دجلة”
  • Catalan: “Tigris”
  • French: “Tigre”
  • German: “Tigris”
  • Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.): “Tigrā”
  • Pahlavi: “Tigr”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Tigre”
  • Sumerian: “Idigna/Idigina”
  • Turkish: “Dicle Nehri”

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