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Tigris–Euphrates river system
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Tigris–Euphrates_river_system
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:river
gptkbp:composedOf
gptkb:Tigris_River
gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:emptiesInto
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:flowsThrough
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:hasAncientCivilizations
gptkb:Akkadians
gptkb:Assyrians
gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Chaldeans
gptkb:Sumerians
gptkbp:historicalRegion
gptkb:Mesopotamia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Tigris–Euphrates river system
gptkbp:importantFor
cradle of civilization
gptkbp:length
approximately 3,000 km
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Western_Asia
gptkbp:mainDelta
gptkb:Shatt_al-Arab
gptkbp:majorCity
gptkb:Baghdad
gptkb:Basra
Aleppo
Mosul
Raqqa
gptkbp:notableFeature
fertile crescent
marshlands of southern Iraq
gptkbp:sharedBy
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Kuwait_(delta_region)
gptkbp:significance
agriculture
irrigation
ancient trade routes
gptkbp:sourceLocation
gptkb:Eastern_Turkey
gptkbp:threats
dams
water pollution
water scarcity
gptkbp:tributaryOf
gptkb:Shatt_al-Arab
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Tigris
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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