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Khabur River

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Khabur River

 Turkish Habur

River, southeastern Turkey and northeastern Syria. It rises in the mountains of southeastern Turkey and flows southeast to Syria, where it is joined by the Jaghjagh River; it then meanders south and empties into the Euphrates River after a course of 200 mi (320 km). It is an important irrigation source for northeastern Syria.



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[15] The area to be irrigated in the basin of the Khabur River, a major tributary of the Euphrates in the Syrian territory, is 137,000 ha.
Not until their convoy reached a one-lane bridge that led across the Khabur River and toward the relative safety of a Turkish military camp did the shadow cast by the Iraqi government of President Saddam Hussein finally appear to recede.
 
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