SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Euphrates
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Nile
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Indus
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Yellow
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Detailed explanation-1: -The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers, ‘’ referring to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the region can be broadly defined to include the area that is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq.
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. “Riparian” simply means that they are situated on the banks of the aforementioned rivers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Euphrates and Tigris are first mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Genesis: ‘A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. ‘ After the Pishon and Gihon, ‘the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mesopotamia-the land “between the rivers” in modern-day Iraq-was home to the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.