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The river flows through 3 different countries and 2 deserts
The Tigris River has a total length of 1,850 kilometers (1,150 miles), which means it’s quite a bit shorter than the Euphrates which has a total length of approximately 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles). Its basin covers a total area of 375,000 square kilometers (145,000 square miles). It flows all the way from the southeast of Turkey, through Turkish Kurdistan, for about 400 kilometers (248 miles), and subsequently becomes part of the Syrian-Turkish border. That’s also the only strip in which it runs through Syria for about 44 kilometers (27 miles).
