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Diyala River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Diyala (Nahr Diyālā, Kurdish, Sîrwan, /, Diyâleh / Sīrvān) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of the Sirwan and Tanjaro rivers in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total distance of 445 km (277 mi).

Flows through: Iran.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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