List of wadis of Kuwait

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Kuwait is part of the Tigris–Euphrates river system basin.[1][2][3][4][5] Several Tigris–Euphrates confluences form parts of the Kuwait–Iraq border.[6] Kuwait does not currently have any permanent rivers, but does have several wadis, the most notable of which is Wadi al Batin, which forms the border between Kuwait and Iraq.[7] Kuwait also has several river-like marine channels around Bubiyan Island, most notably Khawr Abd Allah which is now an estuary, but once was the point where the Shatt al-Arab emptied into the Persian Gulf. Khawr Abd Allah is located in southern Iraq and northern Kuwait, the Iraq-Kuwait border divides the lower portion of the estuary, but adjacent to the port of Umm Qasr the estuary becomes wholly Iraqi. It forms the northeast coastline of Bubiyan Island and the north coastline of Warbah Island.[8]

Wadis[]

  • Bahrat al Abraq
  • Bahrat al Mirfi
  • Shaib Rujm al Jahtan
  • Wadi al Batin (Kuwait River)

Marine Channels of Bubiyan Island[]

References[]

  1. ^ Matthew Zentner (2012). Design and impact of water treaties: Managing climate change. p. 144. ISBN 9783642237430. The Tigris-Euphrates-Shatt al Arab is shared between Iraq, Iran, Syria, Kuwait and Turkey.
  2. ^ "Lower Tigris & Euphrates". feow.org. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  3. ^ "Mesopotamia (2/3/2003)".
  4. ^ Deniz Bozkurt; Omer Lutfi Sen (2012). "Hydrological response of past and future climate changes in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin" (PDF). p. 1. The Euphrates-Tigris Basin, covering areas in five countries (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Kuwait), is a major water resource of the Middle East.
  5. ^ "Tigris-Euphrates river system". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ Dan Caldwel (2011). Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. p. 60. ISBN 9780804777490.
  7. ^ Wadi Al-Bāṭin.
  8. ^ "'Abd Allah Khawr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 16. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
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