The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in West Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf. Its primary rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries.
Palm orchard in the lower Euphrates valley
Marsh Arabs poling a mashoof in the marshes of southern Iraq
The Atatürk Dam along the Euphrates River
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The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arab
Tigris–Euphrates river system
…The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in West Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf. Its primary rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries. From their sources and upper courses in the eastern Turkey, being Lake Hazar for the Tigris and Karasu…
Tigris river in Mosul
Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861
Bedouin crossing the river Tigris with plunder (c. 1860)
Mosul, Iraq