The Tigris (/ ˈ t aɪ ɡ r ɪ s / TY-griss; see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts , before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf .

El Tigris (en turco: Dicle; en árabe: دجلة ‎, Diŷla) es un gran río de 1900 kilómetros de longitud en Oriente Próximo, el más oriental de los dos grandes ríos que definen la Mesopotamia (de hecho, el nombre «Mesopotamia» significa «tierra entre los ríos»), siendo el otro el Éufrates.

Jan 10, 2023 · Río Tigris. La región de Mesopotamia está ligada ineludiblemente a los ríos Tigris y Éufrates, pues su mismo nombre significa “tierra entre ríos”. Estos cuerpos de agua, que se originan...

Jul 15, 2021 · The Tigris River flows through three countries - Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and drains an area of approximately 375,000 sq. km (including Iran). It discharges an average volume of 1,014 cubic meters of water per second and a maximum of 2,779 cubic meters per second.

Tigris-Euphrates river system, great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East. The lower portion of the region that they define, known as Mesopotamia (Greek: “Land Between the Rivers”), was one of the cradles of civilization.

Aug 1, 2023 · In southern Iraq, the sprawling Mesopotamian Marshes absorb the Tigris close to the confluence with its sister river, the Euphrates, and both flow together to the Persian Gulf.

Apr 4, 2025 · Surrounded by four countries (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria), the Tigris River is the second largest river in western Asia. With the Euphrates River, it makes up a river system that borders Mesopotamia in the area known as the Fertile Crescent.

Río Tigris. El río Tigris es uno de los dos ríos principales de la antigua Mesopotamia, lo que hoy en día es el moderno Irak. El nombre Mesopotamia significa "la tierra entre dos ríos", aunque tal vez debería significar "la tierra entre dos ríos y un delta".

Baghdad is situated on the Tigris River at its closest point to the Euphrates, 25 miles (40 km) to the west. The Diyālā River joins the Tigris just southeast of the city and borders its eastern suburbs.

El río Tigris recorre miles de kilómetros bañando con sus aguas las tierras de Siria, Turquía e Irak, confluye con el Éufrates para no morir, sino fortalecerse con la unión de sus fuerzas, dando origen a un solo cuerpo de agua que tiene por nombre Shatt …