| Description |
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
| Series |
Rivers around the world |
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Rivers around the world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index. |
| Contents |
Between the rivers -- From the mountains to the Gulf -- Life along the rivers -- Travel and commerce -- An uncertain future. |
| Summary |
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers surround a region once known as Mesopotamia, the "cradle" of ancient civilizations that included Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. This book follows both rivers from where they begin in Turkey, travel down through northern Syria and Iraq, and join to form the Shatt al Arab before emptying into the Persian Gulf. Historically, the Tigris and the Euphrates supplied water for farming of the surrounding plain. Today, the region's economy still depends on the rivers for irrigation and electricity, but the building of canals, dikes, and dams is a threat to natural habitats and wildlife. Tension between countries competing for water is also an issue. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 1.0 136063. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Tigris River -- Juvenile literature.
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Tigris River Valley -- Juvenile literature.
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Euphrates River -- Juvenile literature.
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Euphrates River Valley -- Juvenile literature.
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Tigris River.
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Tigris River Valley.
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Euphrates River.
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Euphrates River Valley.
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Rivers.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Middle East -- History.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Euphrates River.
(OCoLC)fst01245053
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Middle East -- Euphrates River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01274204
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Middle East -- Tigris River.
(OCoLC)fst01240123
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Middle East -- Tigris River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01275542
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Gary, 1961- Tigris and Euphrates. New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., 2010 9780778774488 (DLC) 2009042411 (OCoLC)449848372 |
| ISBN |
9780778791706 (electronic bk.) |
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077879170X (electronic bk.) |
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