Lake Tharthar | |
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Location | Al Anbar Province |
Coordinates | 33°58′N 43°11′E / 33.967°N 43.183°E |
Primary inflows | Tharthar Canal |
Primary outflows | Taksim Tharthar Canal |
Basin countries | Iraq |
Max. length | 120 kilometres (75 mi) |
Max. width | 48 kilometres (30 mi) |
Surface area | 2,710 km2 (1,050 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 40 m (130 ft) to 65 m (213 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 35.18 km3 (8.44 cu mi) to 85.59 km3 (20.53 cu mi)[1] |
Surface elevation | 3 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.