A river in south-western Asia, the more easterly of the two rivers of ancient Mesopotamia. It rises in the mountains of eastern Turkey and flows 1,850 km (1,150 miles) south-eastwards through Iraq, passing through Baghdad, to join the River Euphrates, forming the Shatt al-Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf.
A river in southwestern Asia. It rises in the mountains of eastern Turkey and flows southeast for 1,150 miles (1,850 km) through Iraq, passing through Baghdad, to join the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf.