Lake Habbaniyah
| Lake Habbaniyah | |
|---|---|
  Lake Habbaniyah | |
| Coordinates | 33°17′43″N43°27′10″E/ 33.29528°N 43.45278°E |
| Primary inflows | Euphrates River |
| Primary outflows | Lake Milh |
| Basincountries | Iraq |
| Surface area | 140 km2(54 sq mi) |
Lake Habbaniyah(Arabic:بحيرة الحبانيةBuḥayrat al-Ḥabbāniya) is a lake located halfway betweenRamadiandFallujahnear Al-Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base in Al Habbaniyah inAnbar Province,Iraq.[1]
In the late 1930s and 1940s Lake Habbaniyah was used byImperial Airwaysas a refueling point and hotel forflying boatsflying from theUnited KingdomtoIndia.[2]Nearby on the banks of the Euphrates had already been established theRoyal Air ForceairbaseofRAF Dhibban,later renamedRAF Habbaniya.[3]
It was the scene of action during theRashid AlirebellionAnglo-Iraqi Warwhen the RAF trainee aircrew and troops stationed there effectively saw off the besieging Iraqi troops and subsequentGermanaerial attacks.[4]
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^Duraid Adnan and Timothy Williams (23 August 2009)."Dancing by the Waves, Iraqis Forget War for a Day".New York Times.Retrieved26 December2015.
- ^Dudgeon, Mike (2010). "No. 4 SFTS and Raschad Ali's War - Iraq 1941".Journal of the Royal Air Force Historical Society(48). London: Royal Air Force Historical Society: 41.ISSN1361-4231.
- ^Fairbairn, Tony (1991).Action stations overseas.Sparkford: P. Stephens. p. 82.ISBN1-85260-319-4.
- ^Dudgeon, Mike (2010). "No. 4 SFTS and Raschad Ali's War - Iraq 1941".Journal of the Royal Air Force Historical Society(48). London: Royal Air Force Historical Society: 47.ISSN1361-4231.
- ^"Iraq." World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, ABC-CLIO, 2018, worldgeography2.abc-clio /Search/Display/1121196. Accessed 10 Apr. 2018.
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