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Route No. IT— contd.
3
SHATKAH
. 10.—Two creeks, one
small, the other, the
37
Abu Shabeba about 18
feet wide,
both dry or
practically so.
4
TELLOH
. . . 12.—Cross Shatt-al-Gharaf
49
5
MESEFI
above Abu Mahaw.
. . . 15.—The stage is opposite
64
Mesefi. #
6
JALAT SIKAR . . 16.
80
7
HAI
.12.
92
, 8
ZENABIA
. . 16.
108
9
KUT .
. 12.—On left bank of Tigris,
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with the boat bridge
some 2 miles below it.
(b) Water Routes.
In nornaal years there is no through water route from Nasiri-
yah to Shatrah.
This year (1915) owing to exceptionally high water, the Turks
were able twice to put convoys of small heliums through by the
Umm Jamal Channel. This was only possible for about 3 weeks.
Normally in the flood season large heliums pass up the Khor
Husainiyah in the flood season from the Euphrates to the north
east limit of this Khor, which may be within 6 miles of Suwaij.
From Suwaij to Abu Mahaw, the Shatt-ash-Shatrah is about
12 feet broad and about 2 feet 6 inches deep in the flood season;
passable then for heliums of medium size. This channel is dry
or at least useless as a waterway, from August to February (?).
From Abu Mahaw to Kut, the Shatt-al-Gharaf is passable for
steamers of 4|- feet draft from February to June, and they turn
at Abu Mahaw. During July it is normally passable for small