Place · river
Balikh
The Balikh is a river of northern Mesopotamia that rises near the Turkish–Syrian border and flows south for about 100 kilometres to join the Euphrates at Raqqa. Its valley was a corridor for trade and armies, with Harran near its upper course and the Bronze Age city of Tuttul, at Tell Bi'a, at its mouth. In the Middle Ages it formed part of the Diyar Mudar, the western province of the Jazira.
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