Tigris
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
- …is also known as “Tigris River”
- Description: river flowing from Turkey through Iraq and Syria
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çanakça and Kayranlı.
Çanakça
Village
Çanakça is a village in the Alacakaya District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.
Kayranlı
Village
Kayranlı is a village in the Alacakaya District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Kayranlı is situated 3 km northeast of Tigris.
Bakladamlar
Village
Bakladamlar is a village in the Alacakaya District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Bakladamlar is situated 5 km northeast of Tigris.
Tigris
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Latitude
38.43333° or 38° 26′ north
Longitude
39.77278° or 39° 46′ 22″ east
Open location code
8GCXCQMF+84
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tigris” goes by many names.
TigrisAfrikaans
TigrisrivierAfrikaans
ጤግሮስAmharic
ጤግሮስ ወንዝAmharic
ΤίγριςAncient Greek (to 1453)
دجلةArabic
دجلهArabic
سن الصخرArabic
طول نهر دجلةArabic
نهر الدجلةArabic
نهر دجلةArabic
ՏիգրիսArmenian
TigrisAsturian
DəcləAzerbaijani
ТигрBashkir
TigrisBasque
Tigris ibaiaBasque
ТыгрBelarusian
তাইগ্রিসBengali
দজলাBengali
दज़ला नदीBhojpuri
TigrisBosnian
TigrBreton
TigrisBreton
Река ТигърBulgarian
ТигърBulgarian
တိုင်းဂရစ်မြစ်Burmese
DidjlaCatalan
DijlaCatalan
Riu TigrisCatalan
TigrisCatalan
Tigris RiverCebuano
TigrisCentral Bikol
دیجلەCentral Kurdish
希底結河Chinese
希底结河Chinese
底格里斯河Chinese
ТигрChuvash
TigrisCroatian
ChidekelCzech
Dicle NehriCzech
DidžlaCzech
DîjleCzech
TigrisCzech
TigrisDanish
Roê DicleyDimli (individual language)
Royê DicleyDimli (individual language)
TigrisDutch
نهر دجلهEgyptian Arabic
TigrisEsperanto
TigrisoEsperanto
TigroEsperanto
TigrisEstonian
TigrisExtremaduran
TigrisFiji Hindi
TigrisFinnish
Río TigrisGalician
TigrisGalician
ტიგრიGeorgian
ტიგროსიGeorgian
ΤίγρηςGreek
Τίγρης ποταμόςGreek
Tí-kiet-lî-sṳ̂-hòHakka Chinese
Kogin TigrisHausa
החידקלHebrew
חידקלHebrew
נהר חידקלHebrew
टाइग्रिसHindi
दजला नदीHindi
IdiginaHungarian
IdiglatHungarian
TigrisHungarian
Tigris folyóHungarian
TigrisIban
TígrisIcelandic
TigrisIdo
Sungai TigrisIndonesian
TigrisIndonesian
TigrisInterlingue
An TígrisIrish
Fiume TigriItalian
TigriItalian
チグリスJapanese
チグリス川Japanese
ティグリスJapanese
ティグリス川Japanese
Kali TigrisJavanese
TigrisJavanese
ಟೈಗ್ರಿಸ್Kannada
ТигрKazakh
ТигрKirghiz
디쥘라 강Korean
티그리스Korean
티그리스강Korean
히데켈Korean
Ava MezinKurdish
Çemê DîcleKurdish
Çemê DîcleyêKurdish
DîcleKurdish
Robarê DîcleyêKurdish
HiddeklLatin
TigrisLatin
DīdžleLatvian
TigraLatvian
TigrisLimburgan
TigreLingala
Rio TigrisLingua Franca Nova
底格里斯河Literary Chinese
TigrasLithuanian
TigriLombard
TigrisLuxembourgish
ТигарMacedonian
दजला नदीMaithili
TigrisyMalagasy
Sungai DajlahMalay
Sungai TigrisMalay
TigrisMalay
TigrisMalayalam
ടൈഗ്രിസ്Malayalam
ടൈഗ്രിസ് നദിMalayalam
तिग्रीस नदीMarathi
دجلهMazanderani
دجلةMesopotamian Arabic
نهر دجلةMesopotamian Arabic
Hĭ-dī-giék Ò̤Min Dong Chinese
Tigris Ò̤Min Dong Chinese
TigrisMin Nan Chinese
Tigris HôMin Nan Chinese
ტიგრიMingrelian
ტიგროსიMingrelian
Тигр мөрөнMongolian
टाइग्रिस नदीNepali
टिग्रिस नदीNepali
तिग्रिस खुसिNewari
TiigrisNorthern Frisian
TigrisNorwegian
HiddekelNorwegian Bokmål
TigrisNorwegian Bokmål
TigrisNorwegian Nynorsk
TigreOccitan (post 1500)
Tigre (riu)Occitan (post 1500)
ܕܩܠܬOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܢܗܪܐ ܕܕܩܠܬOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܢܗܪܐ ܕܫܠܡܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ࡃࡉࡂࡋࡀࡕOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ТигрOssetian
ਦਜਲਾPanjabi
ਦਜਲਾ ਦਰਿਆPanjabi
دجلهPersian
رود دجلهPersian
رودخانهٔ دجلهPersian
Nahr DidżlaPolish
TygrysPolish
Râul TigruRomanian
TigruRomanian
ТигрRussian
ТигрисRusyn
ТіґрісRusyn
TigrisScots
Река ТигарSerbian
ТигарSerbian
ТигрисSerbian
Rijeka TigarSerbo-Croatian
TigarSerbo-Croatian
TigrisSerbo-Croatian
ТигарSerbo-Croatian
TigriSicilian
دجله نديSindhi
tigirisSinhala
ටයිග්රීස්Sinhala
TigrisSlovak
TigrisSlovenian
TigrisSomali
دجلهSouth Azerbaijani
دجله چاییSouth Azerbaijani
HidekeliSwahili
TigriSwahili
DeqlathSwedish
DicleSwedish
DijlaSwedish
TigrisSwedish
TigrisSwiss German
DicleTagalog
HiddecelTagalog
HiddekelTagalog
HidekelTagalog
HideselTagalog
Ilog na TigrisTagalog
Ilog ng TigrisTagalog
Ilog TigrisTagalog
Nahr DijlahTagalog
TigrisTagalog
Tigris RiverTagalog
Дарёи ТигрисTajik
ДаҷлаTajik
டைகிரிசுTamil
டைகிரிசு ஆறுTamil
டைகிரிஸ்Tamil
டைகிரிஸ் ஆறுTamil
Tigr yılğasıTatar
ТигрTatar
ไทกริสThai
แม่น้ำไทกรีสThai
DicleTurkish
Dicle IrmağıTurkish
Dicle NehriTurkish
TigrisTurkish
ТигрUkrainian
دجلہUrdu
دریائے دجلہUrdu
DajlaUzbek
Fiume TigrisVenetian
Sông TigrisVietnamese
TigrisVietnamese
TigrisVlaams
TigrisWaray (Philippines)
Afon TigrisWelsh
ՏիգրիսWestern Armenian
TigrisWestern Frisian
دریاۓ دجلہWestern Panjabi
دیا باکرWestern Panjabi
底格里斯河Wu Chinese
ТигрисYakut
חידקלYiddish
טיגריס טייךYiddish
底格里斯河Yue Chinese
telo linja Sikisu
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