Talk:Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia

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Wouldn't this area also include areas that are in present-day southeastern Turkey? Sanli Urfa, for instance? john k 16:44, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Technically, al-Jazira only includes a few places very close to the border, like Nisibis. Al-Jazira is mostly aluvial plain geographically and ancient Persian territory historically. This puts Sanliurfa too far north. --Gareth Hughes 21:41, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

However, Urfa (ar-Ruha, Edessa) was traditionally part of the Mesopotamia province of the Byzantines which was lumped together under al-Jazira by the Umayyads. So, there might be some merits to this.--Khodadad 08:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Would this not be better entitled al-Jazira,_Mesopotamia? It's quite unusual to see the Arabic definite article given as a separate word, IMO.Palmiro 18:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

I think you're right: al-Jazira is a better way of writing الجزيرة, but there will be a good few redirects to fix. --Gareth Hughes 19:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

[=="Riparian" plain==

Al-Jazira is characterised as a riparian plain,...

I have a sneeking suspicion that "riparian plain" is not the right description here. The riparian zone is the band of land immediately adjactent to a channel (and some of the channel) — it's on the order of metres to 10s of metres (perhaps more for the Amazon). A riparian plain is better known as a floodplain. However, I think this plain is much much bigger. An alluvial plain, perhaps, if not simply a plain? Cheers, Daniel Collins 22:54, 7 April 2006 (UTC).

You are probably right - the Jazira is a very large area. Palmiro | Talk 13:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I couldn't find a reference to definitively describe the physiography of the area, but it is no riparian plain. Daniel Collins 15:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map?

This article could use a map to make it really helpful. Stephen C. Carlson 01:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)