Euphrates
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Euphrates | |
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![]() Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Watershed | |
Location | |
Countries | Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Eastern Turkey |
- elevation | 4,500 m |
Mouth | Shatt al Arab |
Length | 2,800 km |
Basin size | 765,831 km² |
Discharge | |
- average | 818 m³/s |
The Euphrates is the western of the two rivers that define the borders of Mesopotamia. The other is the Tigris, which joins the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab and flow into the Persian Gulf. Several dams have been built since the 1970s. As a result, less water flows down the river into the sea.