Tigris

Examples

• All

• The Euphrates and Tigris River basin accounts for 28.5 percent of the surface water supply in Turkey.

  Academic text (2008)

• The discharge, or flow, of the Euphrates and Tigris is still a matter of dispute among scholars and experts.

  Academic text (2008)

• We have hard evidence of that in Egypt, in Asia Minor and in the Tigris Euphrates Valley.

• Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin: An Historical Overview

  Academic text (2008)

• Establishing a coordinated regional action in the Euphrates-Tigris basin still presents a great challenge.

  Academic text (2008)

• Baghdad is a sprawling city on the Tigris River with a population of 5.6 million people.

  Academic text (2005)

• The major developments evidently took place farther east, around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Samarra Dam on the Tigris, completed in 1954, protected Iraq from catastrophic floods.

  Academic text (2008)

• The Euphrates-Tigris River basin comprises Iraq, Syria, and Turkey as the major riparians.

  Academic text (2008)

• Baghdad is a bustling city located on the Tigris River, rich with history and culture.

Synonyms

T

Tigris River

vsTigris

4 3.5

A large river in southwest Asia that flows through Turkey and Iraq and joins the Euphrates

uses a broader western Asia location rather than a specific southwestern label

Compounds

T

Tigris River

4 3.5

A large river in southwest Asia that flows through Turkey and Iraq and joins the Euphrates

P

Panthera tigris

• Specialized

1 6.2

A large wild cat called the tiger with orange fur and black stripes found in Asia

C

Crotalus tigris

• Specialized

9.9

A rattlesnake with tiger-like bands found in dry hills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico

C

Cypraea tigris

• Specialized

9.9

A large sea snail with a shiny spotted shell used for decoration

Surface Forms

Etymology