Euphrates
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| Euphrates | |
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 Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Watershed |
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| Origin | Eastern Turkey |
| Mouth | Shatt al Arab |
| Basin countries | Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq |
| Length | 2,800 km |
| Source elevation | 4,500 m |
| Avg. discharge | 818 m³/s |
| Basin area | 765,831 km² |
The Euphrates is the western of the two rivers that define the borders of Mesopotamia (the other is the Tigris).
Euphrates in other languages[change | edit source]
| Language | Name for Euphrates |
| Akkadian | Pu-rat-tu |
| Arabic | الفرات Al-Furāt |
| Aramaic | ܦܪܬ Prâth, Frot |
| Armenian | Եփրատ Yeṗrat |
| Greek | Ευφράτης Euphrátēs |
| Hebrew | פְּרָת Pĕrāth |
| Kurdish | فرهات Firhat, Ferhat |
| Persian | فرات Ferat |
| Turkish | Fırat |
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