What is Tigris?
{{no sources|date=February 2025}} [[File:Tigrisdiyarbakir.jpg|thumb|right|The river Tigris, near Diyarbakir, in [[Turkey]].]] [[File:Tigris river Mosul.jpg|thumb|right|The river, in [[Mosul]], in [[Iraq]].]] The '''Tigris''' is a [[river]] in the [[Middle East]]. It is the eastern of two rivers that define [[Mesopotamia]]. Mesopotamia literally means ''(the land) between the rivers''. The other river is called [[Euphrates]]. The [[source]] of the river is in the [[Taurus mountains]] in [[Turkey]]. From there, it flows through [[Northern Kurdistan]] in Turkey and forms part of the border between [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]]. The remainder is in [[Iraq]]. The river is 1,900 [[Kilometre|kilometres]] (1,181 [[Mile|miles]]) [[Length|long]]. It comes together with the [[Euphrates]] in the Shatt-al-Arab (which is called Arvand Rud in [[Persian language|Persian]]). The Shatt-al-Arab flows into the [[Persian Gulf]]. The river had an important role in the [[development]] of [[civilization]], as early [[farmer]]s used [[water]] from the river to water their [[Crop|crops]] and produce more [[food]]. {{multistub|Geo|Asia}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Mesopotamia]] [[Category:Rivers of Iraq]] [[Category:Rivers of Syria]] [[Category:Rivers of Turkey]]