Euphrates

Euphrates
Arabic: الفرات‎‎: al-Furāt, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat‎, Syriac: ܦܪܬ‎: Prath, Hebrew: פרת‎‎ Perat, Armenian: Եփրատ: Yeprat
River
The Euphrates near Halabiye (Syria); the site can be seen in the background on the left bank
Name origin: from Greek, from Old Persian Ufrātu, from Elamite ú-ip-ra-tu-iš

Countries	Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Basin area	Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran

Tributaries
- left	Balikh, Khabur
- right	Sajur
Cities	Birecik, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin, Haditha, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, Fallujah, Kufa, Samawah, Nasiriyah
Landmarks	Lake Assad, Lake Qadisiyah, Lake Habbaniyah


Source
- location	Murat Su, Turkey
- elevation	3,520 m (11,549 ft)
Secondary source
- location	Kara Su, Turkey
- elevation	3,290 m (10,794 ft)
Source confluence
- location	Keban, Turkey
- elevation	610 m (2,001 ft)
Mouth	Shatt al-Arab
- location	Al-Qurnah, Basra Governorate, Iraq
- coordinates	31°0′18″N 47°26′31″E / 31.00500°N 47.44194°E / 31.00500; 47.44194Coordinates: 31°0′18″N 47°26′31″E / 31.00500°N 47.44194°E / 31.00500; 47.44194

Length	2,800 km (1,740 mi) approx.
Basin	500,000 km² (193,051 sq mi) approx.
Discharge	for Hīt
- average	356 m³/s (12,572 cu ft/s)
- max	2,514 m³/s (88,781 cu ft/s)
- min	58 m³/s (2,048 cu ft/s)

Map of the combined Tigris–Euphrates drainage basin (in yellow)