Lake Habbaniyah
| Lake Habbaniyah | |
|---|---|
Euphrates River | |
| Primary outflows | Lake Milh |
| Basin countries | Iraq |
| Surface area | 140 km2 (54 sq mi) |
Lake Habbaniyah (
Arabic: بحيرة الحبانية Buḥayrat al-Ḥabbāniya) is a lake located halfway between Ramadi and Fallujah near Al-Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base in Al Habbaniyah in Anbar Province, Iraq.[1]
In the late 1930s and 1940s Lake Habbaniyah was used by
RAF Dhibban, later renamed RAF Habbaniya.[3]
It was the scene of action during the Rashid Ali rebellion Anglo-Iraqi War when the RAF trainee aircrew and troops stationed there effectively sawed off the besieging Iraqi troops and subsequent German aerial attacks.[4]
See also
- 123 Signals Unit RAF
- Al Taqaddum - TQ
- RAF Habbaniya
- Lake Tharthar
- Lake Milh
- Lake Qadisiyah
- Mosul Dam
- List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq
- Wildlife of Iraq
References
- New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ISSN 1361-4231.
- ISBN 1-85260-319-4.
- ISSN 1361-4231.
- ^ "Iraq." World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, ABC-CLIO, 2018, worldgeography2.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1121196. Accessed 10 Apr. 2018.
