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| | Tigris - MSN Encarta |
 | | In southern Iraq the Tigris joins with the Euphrates to form the Shatt al Arab, which is 170 km (110 mi) long and flows to the head of the Persian Gulf. | | | All of these rivers join the Tigris in Iraq. | | | Tigris (Arabic Dijlah, Turkish Dicle), river in southwestern Asia, rising in Turkey and flowing through Iraq before joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt al Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf. |
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| | Tigris on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Basra, at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates, is Iraq's chief port. | | | TIGRIS [Tigris], river of SW Asia, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Taurus Mts., E Turkey, and flowing SE through Iraq to join the Euphrates River, with which it forms the Shatt al Arab. | | | The Tigris is subject to sudden, devastating floods, and the Wadi Ath Tharthar Scheme, Iraq's largest flood-control project, protects Baghdad and vicinity from floods in addition to irrigating c.770,000 acres (311,600 hectares) of land. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Tigris |
| | Tigris was the mother of five sons, all of whom became bishops: Sts. | | | Much obscurity attaches to her life, and she has been frequently confounded with St. Darerca, another of the five sisters, who are treated of at length by Colgan. |
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