Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow? Detailed answer

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Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow?

Historical documents show that before the XNUMXth century AD (only one and a half millennia ago), the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flowed into the Persian Gulf, each of which had its own mouth.

However, since then, intensive agriculture in the valleys of these rivers has led to a sharp increase in soil erosion, the removal and redeposition of solid material in the lower reaches. There was an increase in their common delta and, as a result, the formation of a vast delta plain, due to which the land moved into the Persian Gulf, and the channels of the Tigris and Euphrates merged, forming a new river Shatt al-Arab (River of the Arabs).

The length of this very young river is only 195 kilometers, but the area of its basin is over a million square kilometers.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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