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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area within the Tigris–Euphrates river system. The area includes portions of the following modern-day countries: The area also includes regions along the -Syrian and –Iraq borders.
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  • Type: drainage system
  • Description: river system in the Middle East
  • Also known as: “Tigris–Euphrates river system”

Mesopotamia

Latitude of center
33.7° or 33° 42′ north
Longitude of center
43.5° or 43° 30′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q3608991
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Mesopotamia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نظام نهري دجلة والفرات”
  • Bengali: “দজলা–ফোরাত নদী ব্যবস্থা”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯－幼发拉底河水系”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯河－幼发拉底河水系”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯河－幼發拉底河水系”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯河-幼發拉底河系統”
  • Chinese: “美索不達米亞”
  • Cornish: “kevreyth avonyow Tigris-Euphrates”
  • Dutch: “Tigris–Euphrates river system”
  • Esperanto: “Tigrisa-eŭfrata aluvia salakva marĉo”
  • French: “Marais salé alluvial du Tigre et de l’Euphrate”
  • German: “Tigris-Euphrat Flusssystem”
  • Hebrew: “מערכת הנהרות חידקל-פרת”
  • Italian: “Mesopotamia”
  • Japanese: “ティグリス・ユーフラテス水系”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tigris-Eufrat-systemet”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ࡐࡓࡀࡕ ࡅࡃࡉࡂࡋࡀࡕ”
  • Persian: “حوضه رودخانه‌ای دجله و فرات”
  • Persian: “سامانه رودخانه‌ای دجله–فرات”
  • Russian: “речная система Тигра и Евфрата”
  • Spanish: “Marisma aluvial del Tigris-Eufrates”
  • Spanish: “Marisma aluvial del Tigris-Éufrates”
  • Tagalog: “Tigris-Euphrates river system”
  • Turkish: “Dicle-Fırat havzası”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mesopotamia”. Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.