Site Map
Countries the Euphrates passes through: Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
Continent: Asia
Uses: Recreation,
Agriculture, Transportation, Drinking, Industry, and Energy
This is the Euphrates River web page.
- 1700 miles/2700 kilometers long
- Begins in Turkey
- Empties into the Persian Gulf
- 94% of water originates in Turkish highlands
- The Murat Korasuyu and several other Turkish rivers join the Euphrates in central Turkey
- The Khabur joins the Euphrates in eastern Syria
- The Euphrates and Tigris run parallel to eachother
- The land between the Euphrates and the Tigris is known as Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers" in Greek
- The Euphrates and Tigris rivers get to be more that 100 mi. apart and join in southeastern Iraq to form the Shatt al Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf
The Euphrates has an annual flow of 990 billion cubic feet
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copyright: May 2000
Bryant College
Zach Holt
Marggie Clark
Pam Duckworth
Grant Howes