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.
Tigris-Euphrates river system. Tigris-Euphrates river system, TigrisâEuphrates river systemEncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica, Inc.great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East. The lower portion of the region that they define, known as Mesopotamia (Greek: âLand Between the Riversâ), was one of the cradles of civilization.