7/23/2019 03156621The Tigris

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1. The Tigris - is one of the two main rivers of Mesopotamia(modern Iraq). The Tigris is the river 

to the east (towards Persia [modern Iran]); theEphrates! to the west. The Tigris rns from "a#e

$a%ar! in the Tars Montains! in Tr#e&! 'oins the Ephrates! and fows into the Persian f.

The En*&*opedia +ritanni*a sa&s the Tigris is 1!1, mies (1! #m) in ength. Irrigation

throgh seven miennia has *hanged the *orse of the river.

/.  The Euphrates - is one of the two rivers of Mesopotamia. The Ephrates is the river on the

west. The Tigris is the one to the east. The Ephrates is formed from the 0aras and the Mrat

rivers in the high rmenian patea! rns throgh the Tars Montains! *rosses into 2&ria at

3ar*hemish! 'oins the Tigris! and fows into the Persian f. Toda& its ength is 1!45 mies

(/!, #m) a**ording to the En*&*opedia +ritanni*a. It has *hanged s6stantia& over the ast

4 &ears! espe*ia& 6e*ase of irrigation. The Ephrates formed a 6ondar& of 2&ria-Paestine

in +i6i*a times.

7. The Indus River - aso *aed Sindhu River  is one of the ongest rivers in sia. It fows

throgh Pa#istan! the state of 8amm and 0ashmir and western Ti6et (3hina). 9riginating inthe Ti6etan Patea in the vi*init& of "a#e Mansarovar !   the river rns a *orse throgh

the "ada#h region of  8amm and 0ashmir ! towards igit-+atistan and then fows in a sother&

dire*tion aong the entire ength of Pa#istan to merge into the ra6ian 2ea near the port *it&

of 0ara*hi in 2indh. The tota ength of the river is 7!1, #m (1!, mi). It is Pa#istan:s ongest

river . The Inds forms the deta of present-da& Pa#istan mentioned in

the edi* <igveda as Sapta Sindhu and the Iranian =end vesta as  Hapta Hindu (6oth terms

meaning >seven rivers>). The river has 6een a sor*e of wonder sin*e the 3assi*a Period! with

0ing ?aris of Persia sending his ree# s6'e*t 2*&a@ of 3ar&anda to e@pore the river as ear&

as A1 +3.

4. The Yellow River or Huang He  - is the third-ongest river  in sia! foowing the Bangt%e

<iver  and Benisei <iver ! and the si@th-ongest in the word at the estimated ength of A!5C5 #m

(7!7A mi).[1] 9riginating in the +a&an $ar Montains in Dinghai provin*e of western 3hina!  it

fows throgh nine provin*es! and it empties into the +ohai 2ea near the *it&

of ?ong&ing in2handong provin*e. The Beow <iver 6asin has an eastwest e@tent of a6ot

1! #iometers (1!1, mi) and a northsoth e@tent of a6ot 1!1 #m (C, mi). Its tota 6asin

area is a6ot 45/!557 sqare #iometers (/,C!CA sq mi).The Beow <iver is *aed >the *rade

of 3hinese *ivii%ation>! 6e*ase its 6asin was the 6irthpa*e of an*ient 3hinese *ivii%ation! and

it was the most prosperos region in ear& 3hinese histor&. $owever! freqent

devastating foods and *orse *hanges prod*ed 6& the *ontina eevation of the river 6ed (de

in part to manmade erosion pstream)! sometimes a6ove the eve of its srronding farm fieds!

has aso earned it the nenvia6e names China's Sorrow and Scourge of the Sons of Han.