Tartar [1] [2] , Mileh Tartar [3] ( Arabic: بحيرة الثرثار ) is a lake in Iraq . The area of the lake is 2710 km², capacity - 35-85 km³.
| Lake | |
| Tartarus | |
|---|---|
| Arab. بحيرة الثرثار | |
 View from space. | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 75 m |
| Area | 2710 km² |
| Swimming pool | |
| Flowing river | Et tartar |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Regions | Salah al-Din , Anbar |
It is located 120 km from Baghdad , located between the Tigris and Euphrates .
The lake is created artificially and is actually the largest reservoir in Iraq. The waters of the lake are widely used for irrigation. There is a seasonal change in water level. Due to climatic conditions, there is very little vegetation, with the exception of rare shrubs.
Notes
- ↑ Iraq, Kuwait // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - P. 121. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Tartarus // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 360.
- ↑ Tartarus // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 229.