| LC control no. | sh2011002972 |
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| Geographic heading | Great Zab River (Turkey and Iraq) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Great Zab River (Turkey and Iraq) |
| Variant(s) | Az Zāb al-Kabīr (Turkey and Iraq) Büyük Zap (Turkey and Iraq) Büyükzap Suyu (Turkey and Iraq) Çığlı Suyu (Turkey and Iraq) Gwere River (Turkey and Iraq) Lycus (Turkey and Iraq) Nahr az Zāb al Kabīr (Turkey and Iraq) Rūdbār-i-Zei (Turkey and Iraq) Zab al Aʼli (Turkey and Iraq) Zab al Kabīr (Turkey and Iraq) Zab River, Great (Turkey and Iraq) Zabu ēlū River (Turkey and Iraq) Zap River (Turkey and Iraq) Zap Suyu (Turkey and Iraq) Zapnehiri (Turkey and Iraq) Zêî Gewre (Turkey and Iraq) |
| See also | Rivers--Iraq Rivers--Turkey |
| Found in | GEOnet, May 26, 2011 (Great Zab River (Conventional); Zāb al Kabīr, Nahr az (Approved - Iraq); Zap Suyu (Approved - Turkey); stream, Iraq, 35°59ʹ26ʺN 043°20ʹ39ʺE; variants: Az Zāb al-Kabīr; Büyük Zap; Büyükzap Suyu; Çığlı Suyu; Gewre, Zêî; Lycus; Zab al Aʼli; Zab al Kabir; Zāb al Kabïr, Nahr az; Zab River; Zap; Zapnehiri; Zei, Rūdbār-i-) Columbia gazetteer of the world, c1998 (Zab, Great, Arab. Zab al Aʼli, Turk. Zap, anc. Lycus, river, c.265 mi/426 km long; rises in Turk. Kurdistan, in Hakari Mts. near Iranian boundary, flows SSW for 115 mi/185 km in Turkey, crosses into Iraq, and continues 150 mi/241 km generally S to the Tigris, 25 mi/40 km SSE of Mosul. Also known as Zab R.) Merriam-Webster's geog. dict., c1997 (Zab, Great or Arab. Zab al-Kabir. River, SE Turkey in Asia and N Iraq; rises in mountains of Kurdistan and flows S and SW into the Tigris River below Mosul; ab. 260 mi. (420 km.) long) Wikipedia, June 9, 2011 (Great Zab; Arabic: al-Zāb al-Akbar [in rom.]; Turkish: Zap; Kurdish: Zēʼ-i Bādinān [in rom.]; Syriac: zāba ʻalya [in rom.]; Akkadian: Zabu ēlū [in rom.]; French: Grand Zab; approx. 400 km (250 mi) long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq; rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul; mouth: 35°59ʹ28ʺN 43°20ʹ37ʺE) |
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