Tigris River Basin
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia , pp 99-125
- Publication Date: November 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/0dfb1dfb-en
- Language: English
The Tigris River is the second largest river in Western Asia. Its basin is shared by four countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Besides contributions from precipitation that originates in the Armenian Highlands, the Tigris is fed by numerous tributaries that rise in the Zagros Mountains in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. The Tigris has a higher water yield than the Euphrates River. Historically, the natural annual flow of the Tigris at the Iraqi-Syrian-Turkish border was around 21 BCM. In recent years, Tigris flow volumes have been affected by large water development projects in Iraq and Turkey. The flow volume records for Kut show a significant negative trend. Water supplies to the Mesopotamian Marshlands have also dwindled over the past 40 years.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210560320
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/48e4072c-en
Related Subject(s):
Natural Resources Water and Energy
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