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Lake Tharthar

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Lake Tharthar

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Lake Tharthar (also Therthar), and known in Iraq as Buhayrat ath-Tharthar, is an artificial lake created in 1956, situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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