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.
There is no river of that name that I am aware of. However, IN Mesopotamia there are two major rivers named the Tigris and the Euphrates. Mesopotamia is the name given to the â¦area in Iraq along the river side also known as the Fertile Crescent.