Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates)

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Shatt al-Hillah is a distributary of the Euphrates River in central Iraq that flows through and irrigates the city of Hillah and its surrounding agricultural lands.

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Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river distributary
watercourse
country Iraq
distributaryOf Euphrates River
linked to: Euphrates
drainageBasin Euphrates drainage basin
flowsThrough Babylon Governorate
Hillah
flowsThroughRegion Mesopotamia
geographicalContext fertile alluvial plain of Mesopotamia
hasArabicName شط الحلة
hasEconomicUse supporting agriculture
supporting local settlements
hasGeographicCharacteristic artificially regulated by irrigation structures
low-gradient river channel
hasHumanSettlementAlongItsBanks Hillah
rural villages in Babylon Governorate
hasHydrologicalFunction distributes Euphrates water to local canals
hasNearbyCity Hillah
irrigates city of Hillah
linked to: Hillah

surrounding agricultural lands of Hillah
isPartOf irrigation network of central Iraq
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn central Iraq
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Babylon Governorate
locatedInHydrologicalSystem Euphrates River system
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris–Euphrates river system
locatedOnContinent Asia
mouthLocatedInOrNear area south of Hillah
near archaeological site of Babylon
partOf Euphrates River basin
linked to: Euphrates region
region historical Babylonia
linked to: Babylonian period
supports cereal crop cultivation in its irrigated area
date palm cultivation in its irrigated area
tributaryDirection left-bank distributary of the Euphrates
usedFor agricultural irrigation
irrigation
watercourseType distributary channel
waterSourceFor irrigation canals in Babylon Governorate
local agriculture around Hillah

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Hillah hasNearbyRiver Shatt al-Hillah (branch of Euphrates)