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

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and Syria. The river was known in ancient Greek as the ''Mygdonius'' ( grc, Μυγδόνιος), and lent its name to the city of Antioch in Mygdonia.
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Sources

The river has two sources. The longer branch, known as Siyahsu (meaning ''dark water'',

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''Av-e Resh''), rises near the village of Toptepe in

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, 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

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. The water is heavily used for

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, in both Turkey and Syria. The river flows into the Khabur River at Al-Hasakah.

Wildlife

Freshwater mussels and

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s live in the river.

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are also raised commercially.

References

External links

Confluence of Siyahsu and beyazsu, Google Maps

Source of Beyazsu, Google Maps

Source of Siyahsu, Google Maps
Rivers of Syria Rivers of Turkey Landforms of Mardin Province Tributaries of the Khabur (Euphrates) International rivers of Asia {{Turkey-river-stub