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Bookmark or Share- The Tigris River of Ancient Mesopotamia - ThoughtCoThe Tigris is the second largest river in Western Asia, next to the Euphrates, and it originates near Lake Hazar in eastern Turkey at an elevation of 1,150 meters (3,770 feet). The Tigris is fed from snow which falls annually over the uplands of northern and eastern Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
- The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation - BBC1 August 2023. By Leon McCarron,Features correspondent. Westend61/Getty Images. The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation (Credit: Westend61/Getty Images) This once-mighty river is where...
- Tigris River - National Geographic SocietyVocabulary. Surrounded by four countries (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria), the Tigris River is the second largest river in western Asia. With the Euphrates River, it makes up a river system that borders Mesopotamia in the area known as the Fertile Crescent.
- Tigris–Euphrates river system - WikipediaThe Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that discharges into the Persian Gulf. Its principal rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries.
- Tigris River - WorldAtlasThe Tigris River flows through three countries - Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and drains an area of approximately 375,000 sq. km (including Iran ). It discharges an average volume of 1,014 cubic meters of water per second and a maximum of 2,779 cubic meters per second.
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