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Euphrates

The Euphrates (/juːˈfreɪtiːz/ ⓘ yoo-FRAY-teez; see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (lit. 'the land between the rivers'). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt…

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2nd source
Karasu
Basin size
Approx. 500,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi)
Cities
Birecik, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin, Haditha, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, Fallujah, Kufa, Samawah, Nasiriyah
Country
Turkey, Iraq, Syria
Etymology
from Greek Euphrates, from Sumerian Burannu
Length
Approx. 2,800 km (1,700 mi)

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River

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Euphrates

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Edges250
Triples366
Avg. degree1.99
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related to history · 55
Euphrates → Adab, Akkadian Empire, Although, Amaranthaceae, Artemisia, Assyria, Babylonia, BCE, Between Raqqa, Chenopodiaceae, During, Early Dynastic, Ebla, Euphrates Valley, Following, Hammurabi, Here, In, Iraq, Iraqi
related to Etymology · 43
Euphrates → Akkadian, Al-Bayt Al-Mamur, Arabic, Armenian, Buranun, Elamite, Firat, Fraš Ziwa, Furāt, Fırat, Gamkrelidze, Ginza Rabba, Greek Euphrátēs, Hebrew, Hurrian Puranti, In Mandaean, Kurdish, Lalish, Mandaean, Mecca
related to Palaeolithic to Chalcolithic periods · 39
Euphrates → Abu Hureyra, Acheulean, Ahmar, BCE, Cities, Clay, During, El Kowm, Eridu, Evidence, Fertile Crescent, Habuba Kabira, Homo, In, In Iraq, Iran, Jerf, Khabur, Late Neolithic, Mesopotamia
related to River · 39
Euphrates → Abu Dibbis Regulator, Atatürk Dam, British, By, Completion, Deir, Euphrates Lake, GAP, Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi, Haditha Dam, Halabiye Dam, Iraq's, Iraqi Euphrates, It, Keban Dam, Khabur, Lake Habbaniyah, Lake Qadisiyah, Mansoura Dam, Ramadi Barrage
related to Course · 31
Euphrates → Arab, At, Both, Daoudy, Eastern Euphrates, Frenken, From Keban, Hīt, Iraq, Isaev, It, Kara Su, Keban, Keban Dam, Lake Van, Mikhailova, Murat River, Murat Su, Once, Persian Gulf
related to Tributaries · 24
Euphrates → Al-Hasakah, Arus, Ayn, Balikh, Busayrah, Gaziantep, In, In Syria, Iraq, Its, Khabur, Manbij, Once, Ra's, Raqqa, Sajur, Syro, Taurus Mountains, The Balikh, The Sajur
related to Drainage basin · 20
Euphrates → According, Daoudy, Estimates, Finally, Frenken, Iraq, Isaev, Jordan, Kara Su, Kuwait, Mikhailova, Murat River, Recent, Saudi Arabia, Some, Syria, Syria's, The, Turkey, Turkey's
related to Religion · 17
Euphrates → Christian Bible, Day, Euphrates River, Genesis, In, In Islamic, It, Judgment, Last Hour, Muhammad, Ninety-nine, Paradise, Phrath, Revelation, Second Coming, The, This
related to Modern era · 15
Euphrates → After World War, An, Clause, France, Iraq, Lausanne, Ottoman Empire, Southwest Asia, Syrian, The, Tigris, Treaty, Turkey, Turkish, United Kingdom
has effect · 14
Euphrates → Annual, Apart, Arab, Atatürk Dam, Euphrates Lake, GAP, Iraq, Iraqi Euphrates, Mesopotamian Marshes, Syria, The, Tigris, Turkey, Water

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iraq turkey syria river mi tigris basin water 000 dam kilometres bce also discharge lake area dams irrigation ft turkish

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Euphrates2nd sourceKarasu1.00infobox
EuphratesBasin sizeApprox. 500,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
EuphratesCitiesBirecik, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin, Haditha, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, Fallujah, Kufa, Samawah, Nasiriyah1.00infobox
EuphratesCountryTurkey, Iraq, Syria1.00infobox
EuphratesEtymologyfrom Greek Euphrates, from Sumerian Burannu1.00infobox
EuphratesLengthApprox. 2,800 km (1,700 mi)1.00infobox
EuphratesMouthShatt al-Arab1.00infobox
EuphratesProgressionShatt al-Arab → Persian Gulf1.00infobox
EuphratesRiver systemTigris–Euphrates river system1.00infobox
EuphratesSourceMurat River1.00infobox
EuphratesSource regionArmenian highlands1.00infobox
Euphrates• average356 m3/s (12,600 cu ft/s)1.00infobox
Euphrates• coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Euphrates• coordinates40°11′24″N 41°30′25″E / 40.190°N 41.507°E / 40.190; 41.5071.00infobox
Euphrates• coordinates39°43′44″N 40°15′25″E / 39.729°N 40.257°E / 39.729; 40.2571.00infobox
Euphrates• coordinates31°0′18″N 47°26′31″E / 31.00500°N 47.44194°E / 31.00500; 47.441941.00infobox
Euphrates• elevation3,520 m (11,550 ft)1.00infobox
Euphrates• elevation3,290 m (10,790 ft)1.00infobox
Euphrates• elevation610 m (2,000 ft)1.00infobox
Euphrates• elevation1 m (3.3 ft)1.00infobox
Euphrates• leftBalikh, Khabur1.00infobox
Euphrates• locationÇat, Turkey1.00infobox
Euphrates• locationYakutiye, Turkey1.00infobox
Euphrates• locationKeban, Turkey1.00infobox
Euphrates• locationAl-Qurnah, Iraq1.00infobox
Euphrates• locationHīt1.00infobox
Euphrates• maximum2,514 m3/s (88,800 cu ft/s)1.00infobox
Euphrates• minimum58 m3/s (2,000 cu ft/s)1.00infobox
Euphrates• rightSajur1.00infobox
Euphratesis afifteenth-longest river in Asia and the longest in West Asia0.90text

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