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The Tigris and Euphrates leave Iraq by one channel

The two rivers join in the south of the country and reach the Gulf as the Shatt al-Arab They meet near Al-Qurnah and run about 190 kilometres to the sea. The combined channel passes Basra and the marshes that once covered much of the lower plain. Together the rivers fed the irrigation that supported the earliest cities of Mesopotamia. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The two rivers join in the south of the country and reach the Gulf as the Shatt al-Arab. The figure is taken from National Geographic, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.