Queiq River
The Queiq (also Qoueiq[1], Quweiq or Qoueiq (Arabic: قويق quwayq [quˈwajq]; North Syrian vernacular: ʼwēʼ [ʔwɛːʔ]) (ancient Chalos), also called Aleppo River is a river and valley of the Aleppo Governorate, Syria and Turkey. It is a 129 kilometres (80 mi)-long river that flows through the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. It arises from the southern Aintab plateau in southeastern Turkey. The Akpınar River in the Kilis plain is one of the headwaters of the Queiq. The former town of Qinnasrin lay on its banks.[2] It partly flows along the western rim of the Matah Depression.[3] The valley has been occupied for thousands of years and in ancient times the Queiq valley was noted for its flint industries and pottery.[4]
The river dried up completely in the late 1960s because of irrigation projects on the Turkish side of the border. Recently, water from the Euphrates has been diverted to revive the dead river, and thus revive agriculture in the plains south of Aleppo, but many Syrians remain bitter with the Turks with their handling of the river.[5]
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