Rivers of Syria - Euphrates River, Tigris River, Jordan River, Orontes River, Batman River, Great Zab, Little Zab, Tabqa Dam, Ataturk Dam (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Euphrates River, Tigris River, Jordan River, Orontes River, Batman River, Great Zab, Little Zab, Tabqa Dam, Ataturk Dam, Southeastern Anatolia Project, Halabiye, Keban Dam, Sajur River, Lake Assad, Haditha Dam, Qal'at Ja'bar, Tishrin Dam, Balikh River, Khabur, Khabur River, Hindiya Barrage, Qal'at Najm, Central Marshes, Botan River, Halabiye Dam, Kut Barrage, Hawizeh Marshes, Hammar Marshes, Birecik Dam, Fallujah Barrage, Baath Dam, Barada, Karasu, Lake Habbaniyah, Glory River, Diyala River, Yarmouk River, Pharpar, List of tributaries of the Tigris, Jaghjagh River, Apamea, Murat River, List of rivers of Syria, Quweiq, Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi, Afrin River, Dhahab River, Khosr River, Wadi al-Kheder, Wadi Khanzir, Wadi Avedji, Wadi Radd, Awaj, Wadi Qaramogh, Wadi Khnezir, Tornadotus, Wadi Jarrah. Excerpt: Euphrates - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Euphrates View of the Murat RiverIn Syria, three rivers add their water to the Euphrates; the Sajur, the Balikh and the Khabur. These rivers rise in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains along the Syro-Turkish border and add comparatively little water to the Euphrates. The Sajur is the smallest of these tributaries; emerging from two streams near Gaziantep and draining the plain around Manbij before emptying into the reservoir of the Tishrin Dam. The Balikh receives most of its water from a karstic spring near 'Ayn al-'Arus and flows due south until it reaches the Euphrates at the city of Ar-Raqqah. In terms of length, drainage basin and discharge, the Khabur is the largest of these three. Its main karstic springs are located around Ra's al-'Ayn, from where the Khabur flows southeast past Al-Hasakah, ...