Little Zab
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Little Zab Arabic الزاب الاسفل, DMG az-Zāb al-Asfal Kurdish Zêy Koya |
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 The Dukanstausee near Ranya, Kurdistan Autonomous Region |
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| location | Iran , Iraq ( Kurdistan Autonomous Region ) | |
| River system | Shatt al-Arab | |
| Drain over | Tigris → Shatt al-Arab → Persian Gulf | |
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Zagros Mountains in Iran 36 ° 33 ′ 49 ″ N , 45 ° 14 ′ 21 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 3000 m | |
| muzzle | north of Baiji in the Tigris Coordinates: 35 ° 14 ′ 17 " N , 43 ° 26 ′ 11" E 35 ° 14 ′ 17 " N , 43 ° 26 ′ 11" E
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| length | 456 km | |
| Catchment area | 19,400 km² | |
| Discharge at the Altin Köprü gauge |
MQ |
219 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Baneh , Qala Chulan , Rubar-i-Basalam | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Dukan reservoir | |
| Small towns | Qaladiza , Dukan , Taqtaq , Altin Köprü | |
 Yellow background: Kleiner and Großer Zab |
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The Kleine Zab , also Unterer Zab ( Kurdish Zêyê Biçûk or Zêyê Koyê ; Arabic الزاب الاسفل, DMG az-Zāb al-Asfal ; Persian زاب کوچک, Zâb-e Kuchak ; Syriac ܙܒܐ ܬܚܬܝܐ, Zawa takhtaya ; Greek Κάπρος , Kapros ; Latin Caprus ), rises in northwestern Iran at an altitude of about 3000 m and flows into the Tigris after about 456 km north of Baiji via the autonomous region of Kurdistan .
In 1947 Dorothy Garrod from Cambridge University excavated significant human traces from the Neolithic in Zarzi in the upper river valley, dating to around 10,000 BC. About 100 kilometers southeast of Erbil . Braidwood from the Chicago Oriental Institute also found Neolithic traces in 1951, dating to 6,000 BC. In the valley there are also the ruins of Shimurru , a Sumerian city from around 3,000 BC. Chr.
On the Iraqi side there are two dams on the small Zab, namely the Dukandamm (opened in 1959) and the Dibis Dam (opened in 1965). Iran is also planning several dams to generate electricity.
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- ↑ a b c Article Kleiner Zab in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)