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			'''Zab River''' may refer to:

			*], or Upper Zab, a tributary to the Tigris
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			*], or Lower Zab, a tributary to the Tigris

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	'''Zab''' (]: ''Zap suyu'', ]: ''Zê'', ]: زاب; ''Zâb'', ]: ܙܒܐ; ''Zawa'') is the name given to two separate rivers that flow through ], ] and ] to become the two principal ] of the ]. The two rivers, named Greater Zab and Little Zab, were the basis of the ancient ]. The name ''Zab'' is from the Persian word ''zehâb'' (زهاب), meaning "water flowing from the ground".{{Fact\|date=February 2007}}

	The rivers are extensively used for ] and ], with major dams on both rivers. During the spring, the Great and Little Zab are in flood, and, together, double the flow of the Tigris. The ancient city of ] sits on the west bank of the Tigris, about midway between the respective, east-bank confluences of the two Zabs with the Tigris.

	==Great Zab==
	The Great, or Upper, Zab ({{lang-ar\|الزاب الاعلى}}; ''al-Zāb al-A`là'', ]: ''Zê Gewre'', ] زاب بزرگ; ''Zâb-e Bozorg'', ]: ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐ; ''Zawa `elaya'', ]: ''Büyükzap Suyu'', ]: Λύκος, ''Lykos''; ]: ''Lycus'') rises in the mountains of southeastern Turkey and flows south for 426 km (265 miles) into Iraq before joining the Tigris south of the city of ] at ancient ]. It forms the approximate boundary of the ]-populated region of Iraq and is used as the political boundary of the ]. In ] CE, the Great Zab was the scene of the ] between the ] and the ]. The yet unfinished Bakhma Dam on the Great Zab, near Shaqlawa, ], could control 14.4 km³ of water for ] and ]. Work on the dam began in the late ], but halted in ] due to the ] and the ] imposed on Iraq by the ] afterwards.

	Before the alleged ] during ], the Great Zab was a major river for the ] (also known as Chaldean and Syriac, among other names) population in the ] region in modern-day southeastern Turkey. Because of this, as well as its ancient importance as a basis for the Assyrian civilisation, the Great Zab is represented on the ] by four white streams flowing from the flag's centre.

	==Little Zab==
	The Little, or Lower, Zab ({{lang-ar\|الزاب الاسفل}}: ''al-Zāb al-Asfal'', Persian: زاب کوچک; ''Zâb-e Kuchak'', Syriac: ܙܒܐ ܬܚܬܝܐ; ''Zawa takhtaya'') rises in northwestern Iran, in the north of ] city and flows southwest for 402 km (250 miles) through Iraq to join the Tigris north of the town of ]. The Dokan Dam in ] is built on the Little Zab.

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Latest revision as of 22:06, 30 December 2019

Zab River may refer to:

Great Zab, or Upper Zab, a tributary to the Tigris
Little Zab, or Lower Zab, a tributary to the Tigris

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