The Hezil Suyu ( ar, نهر الهيزل Nahr al-Hayzal, or Hezil Çayı or the Nizil river, in

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''suyu'' means ''water of'') is a river in south-eastern

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in the

Eastern Anatolia Region The Eastern Anatolia Region ('' tr, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black ...

which flows entirely in the

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders b ...

and is part of the natural

border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders c ...

between Turkey and the

Kurdistan region of Iraq Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurds, Kurdish-majority Go ...

. Just before it forms the border, it is dammed by the Silopi Dam. Just west of the city of

Zakho Zakho, also spelled Zaxo ( ku, زاخۆ, Zaxo, syr, ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ, Zākhō, , ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, at the centre of the eponymous Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Iraq–Turkey bo ...

in Iraq, it joins the Little Khabur river, which then forms the border. The Hezil Suyu river is not to be mistaken with the Little Khabur river which is tributary to the

Tigris The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the ...

river and flows east of Zakho city and goes ''through'' the Zakho city joining its tributary the Hezil Suyu ''west'' of Zakho city.Panoramio map
showing the confluence between the two rivers. The river ''crossing'' the city of Zakho in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i territory is the Little Khabur river not the Hezil Suyu river.

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Border rivers Iraq–Turkey border Rivers of Turkey Landforms of Şırnak Province {{Turkey-river-stub