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TIGRIS RIVER [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
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DEF

A river in Southwest Asia, flowing southeast from Southeast Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 kilometres) long.

OBS

Dicle (Turkish).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve de l'Asie occidentale, qui draine les confins sud-orientaux de la Turquie, pays qu'il sépare sur quelques kilomètres de la Syrie, avant de traverser l'Iraq et d'aboutir au Chatt al-'Arab, embouchure commune avec l'Euphrate dans le golfe Persique; 1950 km. Le Tigre prend sa source dans le Taurus, au sud-est d'Elazig, traverse le lac Hazar, puis se dirige vers le sud-est, à travers les plateaux basaltiques et les chaînons accidentant le piémont du Taurus.

Spanish

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