While many Americans think that the federal government in Washington has ballooned out of hand, employment figures indicate that this has not been the case. There has been significant growth in government employment, but most of this has been at the state and local levels.
As a result, the Tigris is more subject to catastrophic flooding than the Euphrates. Annual flooding usually results in the Tigris rising from 4Â½ to 9 feet, with a record rise of 27 feet in 1954.
The <b>Euphrates</b> river is the longest and historically one of the most important rivers of South West Asia. The <b>Tigris</b> river together with the Euphrates river define Mesopotamia.