The World Rivers

Tigris River

Our word Tigris arrives from an Old Persian word that can be interpreted as "fast" or "arrow-like". The ancient Sumerians named the river Idigna, and in the Akkadian language that was mouthed in Babylonia and Assyria, its call was Idiqlat.The Tigris is almost 1,850 km long and arises in the eastern Taurus mountain range, or Republic of Armenia, as it was at one time called. Flowing in a in general southeasterly centering, it passed by Amida (modern Diyarbakir), wherever the Royal Road from Assyr

Euphrates River

The Euphrates River -or Purattu, as the Babylonians and Assyrians named it- is the longest river of the Near East rivers: it is almost 2,760 kilometres long. Its 2 sources and upper flows are in what was once named Armenia; these rivers, now called Kara Su and Murat Su, unite close ancient Melitene. Here, the Euphrates -full of stones- passed across a range of heights mountains, the western division of which was named Taurus (or Antitaurus) and is famed for Nemrud Dagi, which manages the Euphrat

St. Johns River

The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida 310 miles long. It's among the few rivers in the United States of America that currents north.The land region that drains into a water body is named a drainage basin - as well named a watershed The St. Johns River is separated into 3 drainage river basins.As the river flows in the north, the upper basin is the region to the south that builds its marshy headwaters. The middle basin is the region in central Florida where the river broadens formin