🌊 Lake Tharthar

Iraq · Asia · 33.97°N, 43.18°E

Lake Tharthar, and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar, is an artificial lake created in 1956, situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.

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Quick facts

Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	33.97°N, 43.18°E · view on map

Lake Tharthar in Iraq, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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