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(c) Supplies.
(d) Drinking Water.
(e) Depots and stages.
(/) Tactical configuration of tract.
(g) Navigation.
(h) Tribes.
1. Throughout the tract in question no permanent lake (of
the nature of the Suwaikieh Lake) is believed to exist. Defiles
similar to that at Hannah are not to be expected on either bank
of the Tigris during low river season (September to December
inclusive, or even during January and February).
2. But bv mid March the river is in full flood and then,' as
practically the whole country is commanded by high flood level,
the question of whether any particular locality adjoining the
river is or is not under water simply depends on the efficacy of
the marginal bunds.
3. There are, however, certain localities which are more
subject to flood than others, viz.:—
On left bank—
(a) Near Shaikh Ja’ad.
(b) Whole stretch from Lajj downstream to ’Aziziyah, or, in
times of very high flood, even as far down as Dibuni
reach.
(c) From Qusaibah to the Dialah and thence onwards to
Baghdad.
On right bank—
(d) In Hussaini Reach (half way to Shaikh Ja ad).
(e) In Babuni Reach.
(/) From Seleucia to Rahmaniyah (Ctesiphon neighbour
hood.
4. As regards defiles apt to be formed by these floods: —
Left bank —
(a) At Shaikh Ja’ad there is low-lying ground close to Tigris
left bank—and a very narrow defile would be met
there. Outside the low lying ground again there
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