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	Diyala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diyala is one of the constituent governorates of the nation of Iraq.
		A large portion of the province is drained by the Diyala River, a major tributary of the Tigris.
		Baquba one of the major cities in Iraq which is centrally located in the province, roughly 25 kilometers East of the Tigris River and divided in half by the Diyala River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diyala (309 words)

	The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
		With the melting of the snow in spring, the rivers are in spate.
		Among the smaller animals are several species of gerbil, the jerboa (desert rat), hares, shrews, bats, the hedgehog, the river otter, and the Buxton's mole rat, which covers the entrance of its riverbank burrow with a mound of clay.
		The river rises north of Lake Van near Mount Ararat, in eastern Anatolia, and flows westward for 449 miles (722 km) through a mountainous region to unite with the Karasu Cayi and form the Upper Euphrates near Malatya.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Labyrinth/2398/bginfo/geo/euphrates.html (1427 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tigris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The river is joined by many tributaries, including the Diyala and Zab.
		River trade declined in importance during the 20th century as the Basra-Baghdad-Mosul railway and roads took over much of the freight traffic.
		Rivers of Iraq Assyria in earliest historical times referred to a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the city of Ashur.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tigris (1552 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Diyala DiyaladĬyă´lă, -´e, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising as the Sirvan River in NW Iran and flowing SW through the Zagros Mts.
		The Diyala is unnavigable, but its valley is an important trade route between Iran and Iraq.
		Tigris Tigristī´grĬs, river of SW Asia, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, rising in the Taurus Mts., E Turkey, and flowing SE through Iraq to join the Euphrates River, with which it forms the Shatt al Arab.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Diyala (213 words)

	Tigris River, Iraq
		In ancient times, many of the great cities of Mesopotamia stood on or near the river, drawing water from it to irrigate the civilization of the Sumerians.
		The river is heavily dammed in both Iraq and Turkey, in order to provide water for irrigating the arid and semi-desert regions bordering the river valley.
		Recent Turkish damming of the river has been the subject of some controversy, both for its environmental effects within Turkey and its potential to reduce the flow of water downstream.
	creekin.net /c4468-n88-tigris-river-iraq.html (431 words)

	Iraq: Global Action on Aging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When I spoke to him on the southern side of the Diyala bridge soon after the battalion arrived there on the morning of April 6, he was in a serene mood.
		The situation was further complicated on the north side of the Diyala bridge, because what was left of the Iraqi resistance had resorted to guerrilla tactics.
		Although this was a moment of triumph, I was still thinking about the civilians killed at Diyala bridge, and I said to the sniper that I had heard that he was one of the men who had fired shots there.
	www.globalaging.org /armedconflict/countryreports/iraq/goodkills.htm (4098 words)

	Knowledge King - Diyala River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Diyala River is a river that runs through Iran and Iraq.
		It rises near Hamadan, in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, where it is known as the Sirvan.
		It then descends through the mountains, where for some 32 km it forms the international border between the two countries, onto the agricultural lands of Iraq's Diyala province.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/d/di/diyala_river.html (114 words)

	Diyala River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Baghdad is situated on the Tigris River at its closest point to the Euphrates, 25 miles (40 km) to the west.
		Located on the Diyala River and on a road and a rail line between Baghdad and Iran, it is a regional trade centre for agricultural produce and livestock.
		Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9030713?tocId=9030713 (813 words)

	Tigris River -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Both rivers rise in the Armenian highlands of Turkey, where they are fed by melting winter snow.
		The longest river of western Asia is the 1,700-mile (2,700-kilometer) Euphrates.
		In ancient times Iraq was called Mesopotamia, a Greek word meaning “land between the rivers.” This Middle Eastern country, located at the headwaters of the Persian Gulf, lies partly between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a fertile area often regarded as the cradle of civilization (see ancient civilization).
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277358?tocId=9277358 (917 words)

	Diyala Project: overview
		Having all Diyala material available in electronic format will facilitate a reanalysis of the older publications in light of newly available data; manipulating them in a variety of ways will result in fresh insights, new interpretations of important material, and more nuanced presentations of ancient Mesopotamian culture and society.
		Much of the analyses on Diyala material could be done as research for Ph.D. dissertations on topics addressing political, social, and economic history, and chronology of the ancient Near East.
		The Diyala material could provide a large yet easily accessible data pool to test theories developed in non-Near Eastern context on political, technological, and social mechanisms in a different cultural and geographical setting, allowing scholars to evaluate the universal applicability of their models.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/DIY/Diyala1.html (4213 words)

	Diyala Project brings beginnings of urban civilization to the Internet
		The database will contain a full publication of all artifacts recovered during the institute’s excavations on archaeological sites in the Diyala River Basin northeast of Baghdad between 1930 and 1936.
		Although some 600 Diyala cylinder seals have been confirmed to be missing, all of these objects were photographed during the institute’s excavation.
		The Oriental Institute’s Diyala Expedition remains one of the most important archaeological projects in Iraq’s history.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /041202/diyala.shtml (992 words)

	BEFORE THE LEGEND OF NOAH
		The rivers Tigris and Euphrates flowed down from the mountains of Turkey and joined into one stream named the Shatt al Arab (Canal of the Arab) near Basrah, Iraq then emptied into the Persian Gulf.
		During May the Tigris River was in high flood stage from the annual melting of the snows in the Taurus and Zagros Mtns.
		The ancient Pakistanis living in the Indus River Valley also constructed reed houses, built reed boats, and were exposed to Indian Ocean hurricanes called typhoons causing massive flood damage to villages along the Indus River.
	home.att.net /~atrahasis/river.htm (740 words)

	Tell Asmar (Ancient City of Eshnunna): (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Situated between the Tigris and the Zagros Mountains, sixteen kilometers to the east of the Diyala River, northeast of Baghdad.
		The kingdom aimed at establishing a bridgehead on the river in order to control one of the main ‘tin roads’, which from the north and west converged towered his capital city in the general direction of ‘Susa’.
		Naram-Sin, succeeded Ibiq-Adad, and became the king of Eshnunna, took his army across Diyala River into the Tigris valley, seized ‘Ekallatum’ and other towns further north, and occupied the Euphrates valley up to the vicinity of Mari.
	www.angelfire.com /art2/assyrian/Tell-Asmar.html (287 words)

	Diyala on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		U.S. soldier dies of non-combat injury in Diyala province
		Patrouille de soldats américains à Fallujah Dans la province de Diyala (nord), frontalière de l'Iran, des soldats américai.
		Manifestation de communistes irakiens, jeudi à Bagdad Dans la province de Diyala (nord), frontalière de l'Iran, des soldat.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Diyala.asp (429 words)

	A Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Iraq is traversed by two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, both of which rise in the eastern mountains of Turkey and enter Iraq along its northwestern borders.
		Floodplain wetlands, river banks and lake shores are utilized for the cultivation of cereals, rice or vegetables, while the rivers and lakes themselves support intensive freshwater fisheries.
		Parts of the Third River were begun in the 1950s and more was completed in the 1960s, but the entire project was not completed until December 1992, when the final section, linking the seaward end to that built at Delmaj northwest of Nasiriya, was constructed.
	www.wetlands.org /inventory&/MiddleEastDir/IRAQ1.htm (14743 words)

	Khanaqin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is near the Iranian border on a tributary of the Diyala River.
		Khanaqin is divided into two parts by the river Alwan, this river has played a significant role in land cultivation and in establishment of a strong rural society in the area.
		The river is considered by the people of Khanaqin as a symbol for their unity and Kurdish identity.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Khanaqin.htm (285 words)

	USATODAY.com - Closing on Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Now, as the tanks raced to the Diyala River, a tributary of the Tigris, I was dumped at an abandoned Republican Guard post on the outskirts of Baghdad, along with the battalion's cooks, mechanics and fuel resuppliers.
		Our attention was drawn by frenzied looters but as we neared the river, on the roiling divided highway, Chuck saw another Marine wave furiously at him from a Humvee coming toward us.
		The Marines' full power was arrayed on the near side of a smoldering, partially destroyed bridge across the Diyala: Capt. Watt's infantry, Capt. Greg Poland's tanks, artillery, Cobra helicopters and an Army "psy ops" team.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-04-07-baghdad-closing_x.htm (1677 words)

	VIII. WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION
		The total flow in all Iraqi rivers recorded during 98/99 and 99/00 was about 40% of the general total average.
		The Tigris and Euphrates rivers have exerted a significant influence in the evolution of agricultural zones in Iraq.
		In 1990, 63% of the irrigated land was in the Tigris basin, 35% in the Euphrates basin, and 2% in the Shatt Al-Arab basin.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/006/Y9870E/y9870e08.htm (2575 words)

	The Land of Eden Located Chapter Four
		Now there is a river which, it seems, will well fit the required position for the Gihon on our "treasure map." Our "treasure map".indicates our one river-head remaining to be identified, should come in from the north.
		Now, the upper or first part of this river circles the mountain range called, "Pushti-Kuh." (Is "Pushti" possibly a relic of 'Cush'?) This mountain was the home of the "Kassites" or "Cossaeans" about 1400 and 1500 B.C., the approximate date when Moses lived.
		This river makes a great loop around the north-east, north and westerly sides of the land of the Kassites, and thus certainly "compasseth the whole land of Cush" or this eastern Ethiopia.
	nabataea.net /eden4.html (901 words)

	ABC News: Iraq truck bomb killed 30 on Saturday, police say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Howaider, 8 km (5 miles) north of the provincial capital of Baquba some 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, sits on the bank of the Diyala river and is renowned locally for the produce of the date palm groves that surround it.
		Diyala province has a broad sectarian mix between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims and has seen considerable violence among Sunni Arab insurgents opposed to the Shi'ite-led, U.S.-backed government in Baghdad.
		The blast in Howaider came the day after a deadline for parties to register for December 15 elections that Washington is hoping will set Iraq firmly on the path to peace and democracy, two and a half years after the U.S.-led invasion.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1263560 (332 words)

	NIPPUR EXPEDITION 1994-95 ANNUAL REPORT
		Located to the east of Baghdad, on a tributary of the Tigris, the Diyala River Basin combined elements from both southern and northern Mesopotamia and from Iran.
		The staff was superb, the excavations were the best of their time, and the publications (nine volumes thus far) still form the basis for much of the interpretation of Mesopotamian life in early historical periods.
		Because the more than ten thousand objects found in the Diyala are from excavation rather than from the international antiquities market, they have extraordinary importance for detailing the introduction and history of kinds of items, the life of a "style," and the function of artifacts.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/AR/94-95/94-95_Nippur.html (1260 words)

	Projects 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The length of the dam is 3730m storage of the sam is 10 X 10^8 at a level of 307+.
		It is one of the old irrigation projects in Diyala governorate, the main and the subsidiary lined canals has been designed & executed to be used instead of the old subsidiary and main canals which exist currently.
		The lands of the project are irrigated from Euphrates River by Pumping with drainage of (7, 8 M3/Sec.), and the drainage water of this project goes to the main outfall via pumping station with drainage of (2, 45 M3/Sec.) flows into Euphrates eastern drainage.
	www.iraqi-mwr.org /Projects2005.htm (1958 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - River of no Iraqi return (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BAGHDAD - Braving grenades and rattling small-arms fire, 3rd Battalion Marines crossed the Diyala River and muscled into the eastern edge of Baghdad yesterday, opening the way for thousands more behind them.
		Two bridges across the 100-foot-wide river had been rendered rickety by Iraqi explosives on Sunday.
		At one of them, less than a mile from where the Diyala flows into the Tigris River, leathernecks worked to shore up the foundations.
	nydailynews.com /news/wn_report/v-pfriendly/story/73609p-68114c.html (613 words)

	Sophia's Peace Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Tigris River Project is a landmark trip down the Tigris River from the Muthana Bridge in the north of Baghdad to the mouth of the Diyala River at the southern extent of the city.
		Although the river landings and sides are characterized by floating trash and derelict boats, children still come down to swim its waters on hot days.
		Though going to the river’s edge is now possible in some sections, boating the length of the river is still problematic due to the presence of Coalition military bases and the massive area in the city center known as the Green Zone (Presidential Palace complex and Military base).
	peacework.blogspot.com /2004_06_01_peacework_archive.html (11254 words)

	Ancient Diyala River Valley in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Oriental Institute's excavations (1930-38) in the Diyala River basin of Mesopotamia northeast of Baghdad.....
		The location of the Diyala basin in central Mesopotamia at the eastern edge of the alluvial plain formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers resulted in the presence there of items of material culture which derived from both southern and northern Mesopotamia.
		With simultaneous excavations at four sites the Diyala expedition was able to set up a regional archaeological sequence for all periods from 3200 BC until 1750 BC, coining the terms Protoliterate and Early Dynastic and adopting the historical designations Akkadian - Ur III - Isin:Larsa and Old Babylonian for archaeological purposes.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Diyala_Valley.html (191 words)

	1995-96 DIYALA OBJECTS PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT
		The goal of the Diyala Objects Project, as described in the last report, is to complete the publication of the Oriental Institute's Iraq Expedition in the Diyala River Valley, which lasted from 1929 to 1936.
		Her work will help to elucidate the trade routes and connections that the people of the Diyala Valley had with foreign lands, since there are hardly any large, useful stones, except for limestone, available in southern Mesopotamia.
		Once we are satisfied that we have a complete record of all objects from the Diyala on our database, we will start to verify and compare the information from various kinds of original sources.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/AR/95-96/95-96_Diyala.html (1279 words)

	Managing water for peace in the Middle East
		The valleys of the two rivers encompass the northern portion of the famous "Fertile Crescent," the birthplace of the Mesopotamian civilizations.
		The main sources of the Euphrates river flows in Turkey are found in the four tributaries, all of which originate at altitudes of about 3,000 m or more in the mountainous areas of eastern Turkey.
		The river slope from the headwaters to Attock is approximately 1/ 300; from Attock to Mithankot it is 1/4,000; and from Mithankot to the sea it averages 1/7,000.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/80858e/80858E04.htm (4701 words)

	Insurgent violence escalates in Baquba. 09/11/2004. ABC News Online
		Guerrillas attacked three police stations and a river bridge in the city, 65 kilometres north-east of Baghdad and fought gunbattles with Iraqi police and National Guards.
		Ahmed Fuad, in charge of the main morgue in Baquba, capital of Diyala province, says 32 people have been wounded in addition to the 45 bodies he has received.
		Gunmen attacked a Diyala river bridge on a road linking Baquba with the north-eastern towns of Miqdadiya and Khanaqin.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200411/s1239590.htm (259 words)

	Iraq blows up bridges to slow invasion - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
		April 7 2003, 5:16 PM Outside Baghdad: Iraqi forces have blown up two bridges over the Diyala river in an apparent bid to try to slow the US invasion of Baghdad, a US general said outside the Iraqi capital today.
		The two bridges across the Diyala that they blew are not completely destroyed but they are unusable as of right now," he told AFP.
		The river runs down the eastern side of the Baghdad, and Kelly said military bridges were being laid to establish crossings.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/04/07/1049567614175.html (218 words)

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