Lake Tharthar

Lake Tharthar
Landsat 5 (1990)
Lake Tharthar is located in Iraq
Lake Tharthar
Lake Tharthar
Location of Tharthar lake
LocationAl Anbar Province
Coordinates33°58′N 43°11′E / 33.967°N 43.183°E / 33.967; 43.183
Primary inflowsTharthar Canal
Primary outflowsTaksim Tharthar Canal
Basin countriesIraq
Max. length120 kilometres (75 mi)
Max. width48 kilometres (30 mi)
Surface area2,710 km2 (1,050 sq mi)[1]
Average depth40 m (130 ft) to 65 m (213 ft)[1]
Water volume35.18 km3 (8.44 cu mi) to 85.59 km3 (20.53 cu mi)[1]
Surface elevation3 metres (9.8 ft)
References[1][2]

Lake Tharthar (also Therthar), and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar (Arabic: بحيرة الثرثار), is an artificial lake created in 1956,[2] situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.

  1. ^ a b c d Lake Tharthar Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (Arabic) Republic of Iraq Ministry of Water Resources
  2. ^ a b "GENESIS AND AGE ESTIMATION OF THE THARTHAR DEPRESSION, CENTRAL WEST IRAQ".

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