A Tigris tributary that descends from the Zagros mountains and passes Baqubah before joining the Tigris south of Baghdad.
Orange and date orchards, for which Diyala is famous, line its banks.
Photos: Ali Al Obaidi · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diyala River
نهر ديالى
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