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Euphrates river

Euphrates
Arabic: الفرات‎‎: al-Furāt, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat, Syriac: ܦܪܬ‎: Prath, Hebrew: פרת‎‎ Perat, Armenian: Եփրատ: Yeprat
River
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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)
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Map of the combined Tigris–Euphrates drainage basin (in yellow)

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