Khasa River
Dried up Khasa River
Native nameنهر خاصة (Arabic)
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  coordinates
34°55′N 44°05′E / 34.917°N 44.083°E / 34.917; 44.083

The Khasa River (Arabic: نهر خاصة, Kurdish: ڕووباری/چەمی خاسە) is a winterbourne river which runs through the City of Kirkuk in northern Iraq.[1] It dries up completely in the summer, but turns into a raging river in the winter which floods its banks at times, as happened in the 1950s. The river has a symbolic value to the city's inhabitants. It is one of the tributaries of the Tigris River.

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References

  1. "The Role of Urban Agriculture in Kirkuk, Iraq" (PDF). Urban Agriculture Magazin. January 2009. p. 25.
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