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River blackfish
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Tigris
Tigris , river of SW Asia, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Taurus Mts., E Turkey, and flowing SE through Iraq to join the Euphrates River, with which it forms the Shatt al Arab. The Tigris is called the Hiddekil in the Bible. It flows swiftly and receives many tributaries, including the... Read more |
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Monongahela
Monongahela , river, 128 mi (206 km) long, formed at Fairmont, N W.Va., by the junction of the West Fork and Tygart rivers. It flows north, through a valley marked by a decline in heavy industry and coal mining, into SW Pennsylvania, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at... Read more |
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Grand River
Grand River 1 River, 260 mi (418 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing N to Lansing, then NW to Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. It is the longest river in the state and is navigable to the city of Grand Rapids, which grew there because of the availability of waterpower. 2 River, rising in SW... Read more |
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Colorado River (North America)
Colorado River Basin Located in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, the Colorado River is a 2,330-kilometer (1,450-mile) river with its headwatersin the Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado. The river is the primary source of water for a... Read more |
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The Bekhme dam project in Kurdistan Iraq: a threat to the archaeology of the...
...a dam across the Greater Zab River in the vicinity of a small...this part of the Greater Zab River, called the Sapna...the mountains crossed the river on a makeshift bridge...Rowanduz River, the Greater Zab ... |
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The way it was.(Revisiting Times Past)
...the others, the two Zab rivers, Lesser and Greater...Assyria. The northern river, that upon which we were camped, is the Greater Zab, known to the Romans...Lesser Zab, a smaller river, a long day's journey...from beyond the ... |
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Baghdad moves ahead with dam projects.(Ministry of Water Resources )
...of Bekhme dam located on the Greater Zab river in Irbil province, about 50 kilometres...Khazir, a tributary of the Greater Zab river; the 88-metre-high, 620-MW Mandawa dam, also on the Greater Zab; and the 43-metre-high Shandla... |
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And beyond oil--water wars?
...that Iraq has the most extensive river system in the Middle East. In...Euphrates, there are the Greater Zab and Lesser Zab rivers in the north of the country. Iraq...an impressive system of dams and river control projects, the largest... |
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Anxiety Grows Along Iraqi Divide; Kurdish Area Could Become War's Front Line
On a low ridge that runs along the Zab River, Iraqi troops were so close you could...white and green flags poured across the Zab Bridge, bringing home Kurdish Muslims...Arbil, 20 miles to the southeast.The Zab is part of a dividing line that meanders... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Israel's interest, Controlling Iraq means controlling access to Mideast water
...to the Tigris and Euphrates, there are the Greater Zab and Lesser Zab rivers in the north. He wrote: "Before the Persian Gulf war, Iraq had built an impressive system of dams and rivers control projects, the largest being the Darbandikhan... |
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Turkish, Syrian Water Projects Well on the Way to Squeezing Iraq Dry
...within its boundaries or along the border with Iran. The Greater and Less Zab Rivers and the Diyala feed high-quality water into the middle reaches of the Tigris River. This water has been used for irrigation in the lower Tigris, and also has... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Tourism thrives in Kurdish north; U.S. troops also unwind in Dokan.(WORLD)
...crew into the middle of the Little Zab river. "This is the life," Huseyin Mohsen...roofed shelters that line the Little Zab's riverbank. "None of this was...Children cooled off in the Little Zab river, which flows through the picturesque... |
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Residents of border town locked in standoff with Iraqi soldiers.
...broad tributary of the Tigris River, Kalak is part of Kurdistan...walled house overlooks the Zab River, which is rushing fast...from the nearby mountains. The Zab dumps into the Tigris, which...to a new bridge spanning the Zab, a bridge ... |
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Turkey and Kurdistan-Iraq, 2003.(The Kurds in Iraq)
...Iraq would also be a focus of foreign and international investment. The oil, gas, water (Tigris, Greater and Lesser Zab Rivers) and mineral resources--in addition to the region's strategic geography--provide opportunities for a variety... |
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