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Great Zab

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Great Zab 

a river in eastern Turkey and Iraq; left tributary of the Tigris. Length, 473 km; basin area, 26,200 sq km. It rises in the western spurs of the Qutur Range and flows out into the Kurdistan plain. It is fed by mountain snow and rain. High water is in April and May; low water, in summer and autumn. The average discharge at the mouth is about 403 cu m per sec. There is a reservoir. The Great Zab is used for irrigation. The cities of Zibar, Kelek, and Quwair (Iraq) are located along the river.
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17, Talabani used those arms to start the latest round of fighting, launching an attack on hamlets in the mountains controlled by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and pushing their rivals westward toward the Great Zab River.
U.S. UNABLE TO KEEP PEACE BETWEEN KURDISH FACTIONS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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