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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers converge in ____, almost touching near the city of Baghdad.
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Iran
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Turkey
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Iraq
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Baghdad is situated on the Tigris River at its closest point to the Euphrates, 25 miles (40 km) to the west. The Diyālā River joins the Tigris just southeast of the city and borders its eastern suburbs. (See Tigris-Euphrates river system.)
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tigris-Euphrates river basin covers an area of some 35, 600 square kilometers, or 13, 700 square miles, and comprises the riparian countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers originate in Turkey and flow to the Shatt al-Arab basin in southern Iraq.
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