Diyala [1] [2] ( Arabic: نهر ديالى ), also Abe Sirvan [3] is a river in Iraq , a tributary of the Tigris River. Length - 231 [4] km. The basin area is over 30 thousand [4] km². The average annual discharge in the lower reaches is 130 [4] m³ / s.
| Diyala | |
|---|---|
 river near the city of Darbandihan | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 231 km |
| Pool | 30,000 km² |
| Water consumption | 130 m³ / s (downstream) |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | river confluence: Sirvan and Elvend |
| • Height | 113 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Tiger |
| • Height | 19 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Tiger → Shatt al-Arab → Persian Gulf |
| A country |
|
 - source  - mouth | |
Formed at the confluence of the Sirvan River with the Elvend River at an altitude of 113 m num [5] . It has a right tributary - the river Alvand .
Diyalu is blocked by the Mukdadi Dam [6] . It falls into the Tiger south of Baghdad . Diyala can be used for shipping.
History
According to Herodotus , during the campaign to Babylon in 539 BC. e. the Persian king Cyrus II the Great ordered to temporarily stop the offensive and, using the construction of canals, “punish”, that is, wipe off the face of the earth, the river Diyala, in which the sacred white horse drowned.
Notes
- ↑ Iraq, Kuwait. 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).
- ↑ Diyala // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 7.
- ↑ Abe Sirvan // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 7.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Diyala (river) // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Map sheet I-38-XVI . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- ↑ www.ac-rouen.fr/pedagogie/equipes/trinome/geopolitiqueeau.htm (Fr.) (link not available) . www.ac-rouen.fr . Date of treatment December 19, 2005. Archived December 19, 2005. (fr.)