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| '''Zab''' (]: ''Zap suyu'', ]: ''زێ'', ]: زاب; ''Zâb'', ]: ܙܒܐ; ''Zawa'') is the name given to two separate rivers that flow through ], ] and ] to become the two principal ] of the ]. | |||
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| The two rivers, named Greater Zab and Little Zab, were the basis of the ancient ]. The name ''Zab'' is from the Kurdish word "Ze^" or Persian word ''zehâb'' (زهاب),both meaning "water flowing from the ground".{{Fact|date=February 2007}} | |||
| The rivers are extensively used for ] and ], with major dams on both rivers. During the spring, the Great and Little Zab are in flood, and, together, double the flow of the Tigris. The ancient city of ] sits on the west bank of the Tigris, about midway between the respective, east-bank confluences of the two Zabs with the Tigris. --> | |||
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| *For M'Zab valley in ] see ] | |||
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