Barnsford Ferny is double the weight of most other bulls and has enough meat on him to make 45,000 Big Macs. Standing at an impressive 7ft in height, the bulky bovine, who is used for stud, has sired 150 calves in the last year.
Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia. Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
Another name for the Tigris used in Middle Persian was Arvand Rud, literally swift river. Today, however, Arvand Rud (New Persian: Ø§Ø±ÙÙØ¯ Ø±ÙØ¯) refers to the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers (known in Arabic as the Shatt al-Arab).he river then flows for 400 km through Turkish territory before becoming the border between Syria and Turkey. This stretch of 44 km is the only part of the river that is located in Syria. Close to its confluence with the Euphrates, the Tigris splits into several channels.