Khosr River
natural · 1600 BC – 2100 AD
The Khosr River was a tributary of the Tigris River that ran directly through the center of the Assyrian city Nineveh. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib reinforced its banks with large stone blocks to prevent it from flooding or damaging the citadel wall.
- Coordinates
- 36.35863, 43.15920
- Also known as
- Husur, Husir (akk), Nahr al-Khosr (ar), نهر الخوص (ar)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)