The Jaghjagh River (Arabic: نهر جقجق Nahr Jaqjaq, نهر الجغجغ Nahr al-Jaghjagh, or Nahr al-Hirmas, Turkish: Çağ-çağ Deresi, Syriac: ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩ Nahro dJaqjaq, Kurdish: Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex)[1] is a tributary of the Khabur River in Turkey and Syria.
The river was known to the ancient Greeks as the Mygdonius (Ancient Greek: Μυγδόνιος), and lent its name to the city of Antioch in Mygdonia.[2]
Sources
editThe river has two sources. The longer branch, known as Siyahsu (meaning dark water, Kurdish Av-e Resh), rises near the village of Toptepe in Mardin Province, Turkey, and flows 10 km to the confluence with the shorter branch, known as Beyazsu (meaning white water, Kurdish Av-e Spi).
Course
editThe river crosses into Syria near the cities of Nusaybin and Qamishli. The water is heavily used for irrigation, in both Turkey and Syria. The river flows into the Khabur River at Al-Hasakah.
Wildlife
editFreshwater mussels and turtles live in the river. Trout are also raised commercially. Oil spills into the river caused by the repeated Turkish attacks on oil facilities nearby caused pollution of its watercourse.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Geonames database
- ^ NISIBIS. Encyclopaedia Iranica
External links
edit- Confluence of Siyahsu and beyazsu, Google Maps
- Source of Beyazsu, Google Maps
- Source of Siyahsu, Google Maps
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