Khasa River
| Khasa River | |
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 Dried up Khasa River | |
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| Native name | Arabic: نهر خاصة |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 34°55′N 44°05′E / 34.917°N 44.083°E |
The Khasa River (Arabic: نهر خاصة, Kurdish: ڕووباری خاسە) is a winterbourne river which runs through the City of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. It dries up completely in the summer, but turns into a raging river in the winter which floods its banks at times, as happened in the 1950s. The river has a symbolic value to the city's inhabitants. It is one of the tributaries of the Tigris River.