Lake Tharthar
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"Tharthar Canal" and "Tharthar" redirect here. For the wife of Stilgar in the book by Frank Herbert, see Dune (novel).
Lake Tharthar (also Therthar), and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar (Arabic: بحيرة الثرثار), is an artificial lake created in 1956,[2] situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
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Lake Tharthar | |
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Location | Al Anbar Province |
Coordinates | 33°58′N 43°11′E |
Primary inflows | Tharthar Canal |
Primary outflows | Taksim Tharthar Canal |
Basin countries | Iraq |
Max. length | 120 kilometres (75 mi) |
Max. width | 48 kilometres (30 mi) |
Surface area | 2,710 km2 (1,050 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 40 m (130 ft) to 65 m (213 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 35.18 km3 (8.44 cu mi) to 85.59 km3 (20.53 cu mi)[1] |
Surface elevation | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
References | [1][2] |
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