IEGR 475
Tigris Team
The Tigris river flows 1,900 km (1,180 mi) through southeastern Turkey and Iraq,draining an area of 373,000 sq. km. (144,000 sq. mi.). With the Euphrates river, the Tigris supplies water to the dry plain formerly the ancient land of Mesopotamia. These two rivers were instrumental in the lives of the people of Mesopotamia. They attempted to use them to compliment their lifestyles, however the waters proved unstable. Erratic swelling and flooding of the land proved that the rivers, not the people were in command.