Jaghjagh River

Jaghjagh River at Nusaybin.

The Jaghjagh River (Arabic: نهر جقجق‎‎ Nahr Jaqjaq or نهر الجغجغ Nahr al-Jaghjagh, Turkish: Çağ-çağ Deresi, Kurdish: Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex‎)[1] is a tributary of the Khabur River in Turkey and Syria.

Sources

The river has two sources. The longer branch, known as Siyahsu (meaning dark water, Kurdish Av-e Resh), rises near the village of Toptepe in Mardin Province, Turkey, and flows 10 km to the confluence with the shorter branch, known as Beyazsu (meaning white water, Kurdish Av-e Spi).

Course

The river crosses into Syria near the cities of Nusaybin and Al-Qamishli. The water is heavily used for irrigation, in both Turkey and Syria. The river flows into the Khabur River at Al-Hasakah.

Wildlife

Freshwater mussels and turtles live in the river. Trout are also raised commercially.

References

  1. ↑ Geonames database

External links

Coordinates: 36°29′51″N 40°46′16″E / 36.49750°N 40.77111°E / 36.49750; 40.77111


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