Tigris
river flowing from Turkey through Iraq and Syria
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Summary
Tigris is a river[1]. Tigris ranks in the top 0.17% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,666 views/month, #23 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Iraq[3], Syria[4], Turkey[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Basin country: Turkey[7]
- Commons category: Tigris[8]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Shatt al-Arab[9]
- Lake on watercourse: Lake Hazar[10]
- Origin of the watercourse: Lake Hazar[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tigris River[12]
- Tributary: Little Zab[13], Great Zab[14], Botan River[15], Khabur[16], 'Adhaim[17], Արղանամադեն (գետ)[18], Բերիսուրսու[19], Գյոքսու (գետ, Տիգրիսի ավազան)[20], Batman Brook[21], Diyala River[22], Karkheh River[23], Gevi River[24], Khasa River[25], Khosr River[26]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Tigris Basin[27]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[28], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[32], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[33], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35]
- Native label: Dicle[36], دجلة[37]
- Length: 1850 km[38]
- Watershed area: 375,000 km²[39]
- Discharge: 1014 cubic metre per second[40]
- Drainage basin: Persian Gulf Basin[41]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tigris include River Tigris[43], a former constellation[44], founded in 1612[45].
Why It Matters
Tigris has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Tigris is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for Tigris include River Tigris[43], a former constellation[44], founded in 1612[45].