Dicle River
The Tigris river, together with the Euphrates, is the easternmost of the two major rivers that make up Mesopotamia. The river, originating from Sivrice district of Elazığ province in Turkey, flows through Iraq and joins with the Euphrates and empties into the Persian Gulf in Shattularap. The Tigris originates from a spring near Yıldızhan, on the south side of Hazarbaba Mountain, in the Maden Mountains in the Southeast Taurus Mountains. It used to be fed from Hazar Lake. It is now disconnected from the lake. After coming out of the spring, it passes in front of the Maden district, takes the name Maden Stream and flows parallel to the eastern part of the lava shelf where Diyarbakır city is located, passing through narrow and deep valleys towards the southeast. Here, the bottom of the river valley descends to 600 m. It turns east at a distance of 8 km south of Diyarbakır. After that, Anbarçayı, Kuruçay, Pamukçayı and Hazroçayı, the main ones originating in the Diyarbakır basin, descending from the slopes of the Taurus Mountains from the north, merge with Batman and Yanarsu. The flood plains Göksu and Savur Stream, descending from the south and the Mardin threshold, join the Tigris. Passing through narrow gorges on the southern skirts of Raman Mountain, it merges with the Botan Suyu and turns south in its direction.
