Tigris River
The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf.- Stream
- Also known as“Dijlah”“Dijle”“Dikris”“Hiddekel”“Hiddekil”“Nahr Dijlah”“Shatt Dijla”“Tigri”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
30.59064° or 30° 35′ 26″ north
Longitude
47.76907° or 47° 46′ 9″ east
Open location code
8H29HQR9+7J
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