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Article: 5 little-known facts about the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.(Brief article)
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- October 1, 2006
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1 The Tigris River is 1,150 miles long. The Euphrates River is 1,725 miles long. At its widest point, the Tigris is 1,300 feet, and the Euphrates is 750 feet.
2 The Sumerians knew the Tigris as the Idigna, which may be translated "the swift river, the river that goes." The name "Tigris" seems a later imitation of the Sumerian name.
3 The name Euphrates is thought to be a derivative of its early ...