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Where was the Euphrates river located?
Euphrates River, Turkish Fırat Nehri, Arabic Nahr Al-Furāt, river, Middle East. The longest river in southwest Asia, it is 1,740 miles (2,800 km) long, and it is one of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The river rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq.
What river valley is in the Middle East?
Jordan River
Jordan Valley, Arabic Ghūr al-Urdun, Hebrew ʿEmeq Ha-Yarden, rift valley in the Middle East in southwestern Asia, located along the Jordan River and along Jordan’s western border with Israel and the West Bank.
What cities were near the Tigris River?
Diyarbakır
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Tigris/Cities
Where is the Indus River located on a world map?
Indus River
| Indus Sindhu | |
|---|---|
| The course and major tributaries of the Indus River | |
| Location | |
| Country | China (Tibet Autonomous Region), India, Pakistan |
| States and Provinces | Ladakh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Tibet |
Is Lebanon near the Euphrates river?
Your borders shall run from the wilderness to the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea” (Deuteronomy 11:24).
Where are the Indus River sites in Afghanistan?
There is an Indus site on the Amu Darya at Shortughai in northern Afghanistan, and the Indus site Alamgirpur at the Hindon River is located only 28 km (17 mi) from Delhi. To date, over 1,052 cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the general region of the Ghaggar-Hakra River and its tributaries.
Where is the confluence of Indus and Zanskar rivers?
Indus River near Leh, India, 2014. Confluence of Indus and Zanskar rivers. The Indus is at the bottom of the picture, flowing left-to-right; the Zanskar, carrying more water, comes in from the middle left of the picture.
What are the names of the five rivers in Pakistan?
The word Punjab means “land of five rivers” and the five rivers are Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, all of which finally flow into the Indus. The Indus also supports many heavy industries and provides the main supply of potable water in Pakistan.
How are valleys in the mountains transformed into chasms?
The bulk of the rock and dirt is dredged from the bottom of the channel, a process called down cutting that can ultimately lead to deep, slender chasms like Black Canyon in Colorado’s Gunnison National Park. Some river and stream valleys, especially those in the mountains or located near the North and South Poles, are transformed by glaciers.