词条 | Lake Habbaniyah |
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| name = Lake Habbaniyah | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = | coords = {{coord|33|17|43|N|43|27|10|E|type:waterbody_region:IQ|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = Euphrates River | outflow = Lake Milh | catchment = | basin_countries = Iraq | length = | width = | area = {{convert|140|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = }}Lake Habbaniyah 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 Imperial Airways as a refueling point and hotel for flying boats flying from the United Kingdom to India. Nearby on the banks of the Euphrates had already been established the Royal Air Force airbase of RAF Dhibban, later renamed RAF Habbaniya. {{cn|date=December 2015}} It was the scene of action during the Rashid Ali rebellion Anglo-Iraqi War when the RAF trainee aircrew and troops stationed there effectively saw off the besieging Iraqi troops and subsequent German aerial attacks.{{cn|date=December 2015}} See also
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References[2]1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/world/middleeast/24habbaniya.html?_r=0|title=Dancing by the Waves, Iraqis Forget War for a Day|last=Duraid Adnan and Timothy Williams|date=23 August 2009|work=New York Times|accessdate=26 December 2015}} {{Iraq topics}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Habbaniyah}}2. ^"Iraq." World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, ABC-CLIO, 2018, worldgeography2.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1121196. Accessed 10 Apr. 2018. 3 : Al Anbar Governorate|Lakes of Iraq|Euphrates |
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