He Tigris river is 1900 kilometers long.

Restaurants on the Tigris, Hasankeyf, Turkey

The Tigris River
Diyarbakır -Turkey

Ten-Eyed Bridge on The Tigris river
Diyarbakır-Turkey

1000 years Old Bridge on Tigris (Dicle) River

Gorgeous Malabadi Bridge
on Tigris (Dicle) River

The Tigris rising in the
Taurus Mountains of eastern
Turkey and flowing in a
generally southeasterly
direction until it joins the
Euphrates near Al Qurna in
southern Iraq. The two
rivers together form the
Shatt al-Arab waterway,
which empties into the
Persian Gulf. The Tigris is
joined by many tributaries,
including the Diyala and
both the Upper and Lower
Zab rivers.

The port city of Basra
straddles the Shatt al-Arab.
In ancient times, many of the
great cities of Mesopotamia
stood on or near the Tigris,
drawing water from it to
irrigate the civilization of the
Sumerians. Notable Tigris-
side cities included Nineveh,
Ctesiphon, and Seleucia,
while the city of Lagash was
irrigated by Tigris water
delivered to it via a canal
dug around 2400 BC.

The Tigris river
Diyarbakır-Turkey

TheTigris River, Iraq

Babylon, Ancient Iraq

Babylon, Ancient Iraq

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Music
AĞLA SAZIM
By
Neşet ERTAŞ
İbrahim DAL
JULY 2009