'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa' [‎44r] (97/234)

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more In length appears above til# raud on the western bank of
the Klior; and at 39 miles from the entr^no* there la a small
B^ndy Islet on the eastern b^nk, oppojlte which Khor iusa
trhows off to srestwards a brimch mmsd Khor Qanaqeh.
Xhe bank of rUior Musa above tihov Qanaqeh are still low;
on the western or northern side they are of mud with saall
patches of rock and are covered at high tide; on the other
slda th«y are of i ^ud ^nd are submerged at high water springs*
K iOii UiiAdCd. - .Ihor Qanaqeh Aj & runs inland,
westwards and slightlyfnoUth*ards» for a distance of about
26 miles to the ruins of QiliBali where it forks; this is the
distance as measured in a direct line, but by the windings
of the creek it is someshat over 50 miles* -rora QUBJMH one
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branch, nuraed iihor ihu iuiadhair ^^yj^runs north and is
lost in tne marshes adjoining the Fallahlyeh^Marld canal;
tn® other, known as r <huwairln r > ^#goes south-eastwards
and meets, or almost meets, a creek called Ullalk ^£|J^^
or ^llalch which is said to leave the coast at a point
between the mouth of the babmanshir and the entrance of
Khor Kusa* ^Che level of :ihor Qanaqsh xtJUgaltimzjfcexssmuisJksA
as far as ^ubban and of its branches beyond Qubban is
affected by the sea tides*
It is Interesting to observe that the head of Khor
Qanaqeh at Qubban is connected by a hollow, now dry, with
tn * KiUtUK river at Uarld; and it Is easy to imagine that,as
the inhabitants of the tract assert, the KAttUH or part of It
at one tim^ flowed to uUiiBiUi and thence to the sea either
by the Khuwalrin and the Sllaik creek or by iChor Qanaqeh
ind ichor uusa* iha water in s upper part of Khor Qanaqeh is
nearly fresh; at flood it Is drinkable In the upper third,
ana at ebb upper h 4lf of the creek* Xhe brinks of Khor
qanaqeh at 7 miles from its mouth and upwards are 4 to 6
faer* uu;n, iirm , and covered with coarse grass; but nearer
to t.vj wain iChor they ar^ liable to be overflowed at sprirut
bank
tidue* ihe west/of the ^huwairin ne ^r QUbbAil is of hard