The Jaghjagh River ( ar, نهر جقجق ''Nahr Jaqjaq'', ''Nahr al-Jaghjagh'', or ''Nahr al-Hirmas'', tr, Çağ-çağ Deresi, syr, ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩ ''Nahro dJaqjaq'', ku, Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex) is a tributary of the
Khabur River in
Turkey and
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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The river was known in ancient Greek as the ''Mygdonius'' ( grc, Μυγδόνιος), and lent its name to the city of
Antioch in Mygdonia.
NISIBIS
'' Encyclopaedia Iranica
Sources
The river has two sources. The longer branch, known as Siyahsu (meaning ''dark water'',
Kurdish ''Av-e Resh''), rises near the village of Toptepe in
Mardin Province,
Turkey, and flows 10 km to the confluence with the shorter branch, known as Beyazsu (meaning ''white water'', Kurdish ''Av-e Spi'').
Course
The river crosses into Syria near the cities of Nusaybin and
Qamishli. The water is heavily used for
irrigation, in both Turkey and Syria. The river flows into the
Khabur River at
Al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, Heseke/حەسەکە; syr, ܚܣܝܟܐ Hasake), is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in the northeastern corner of Syria. With a 2004 census population of 188,160, it is the e ...
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Wildlife
Freshwater mussels and
turtles live in the river.
Trout are also raised commercially.
References
External links
Confluence of Siyahsu and beyazsu, Google MapsSource of Beyazsu, Google MapsSource of Siyahsu, Google Maps
Rivers of Syria
Rivers of Turkey
Landforms of Mardin Province
Tributaries of the Khabur (Euphrates)
International rivers of Asia
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