Euphrates

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geographicalFeature river

The Euphrates is one of Western Asia’s longest and most historically significant rivers, flowing through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq and forming part of the cradle of ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Euphrates River	22
Euphrates River valley	4
Euphrates basin	1
Euphrates valley in Syria	1
Upper Euphrates basin	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographicalFeature ⓘ river ⓘ
associatedWithAncientCivilization	Akkad ⓘ Assyria ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Sumer ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
flowsInto	Persian Gulf ⓘ
formsConfluenceWith	Tigris ⓘ
hasBasinCountry	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
hasDam	Atatürk Dam ⓘ Keban Dam ⓘ surface form: Haditha Dam Keban Dam ⓘ Tabqa Dam ⓘ
historicalRegion	Mesopotamia ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
lengthApproxKm	2800 ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
majorCityOnRiver	Fallujah ⓘ surface form: Al-Fallujah Al-Ramadi ⓘ Deir ez-Zor ⓘ Nasiriyah ⓘ Deir ez-Zor ⓘ surface form: Raqqa
mentionedIn	Bible ⓘ Quran ⓘ
mouth	Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
nameInArabic	Al-Furāt ⓘ
nameInGreek	Euphrátēs ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Fertile Crescent Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
passesThrough	Anatolia ⓘ Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ Syrian Desert ⓘ
religiousSignificance	Abrahamic religions ⓘ
sourceLocation	Eastern Turkey ⓘ
tributary	Balikh River ⓘ Khabur River ⓘ Sajur River ⓘ
usedFor	drinkingWaterSupply ⓘ hydroelectricPower ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tabqa Dam → affectsRegion → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates valley in Syria

Syrian Desert → borderedBy → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley

Tigris → closelyAssociatedRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

Dijla → confluenceWith → Euphrates ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → containsRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

Armenian Highlands → drainageBasin → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Shatt al-Arab → formedByConfluenceOf → Euphrates ⓘ

Tigris → formsBasinWith → Euphrates ⓘ

Tigris → formsHistoricalRegionWith → Euphrates ⓘ

Arab world → hasRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

Garden of Eden → hasRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

Al Anbar Governorate → hasStrategicLocation → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley

Mesopotamia → locatedBetween → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Erzurum, Turkey → locatedInRegion → Euphrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Erzurum

this entity surface form: Upper Euphrates basin

Babylon → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Etemenanki ziggurat → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Etemenanki

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Haran → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Najaf → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Sippar → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Ur → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Ur of the Chaldeans → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Uruk → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Battle of Carchemish → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Karbala → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates basin

Kufa → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Nehardea → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Deir ez-Zor → locatedOnRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Fallujah → locatedOnRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Mesopotamia → majorRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Tigris–Euphrates river system → majorRivers → Euphrates ⓘ

Gaziantep → nearRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Basra → nearRiverConfluence → Euphrates ⓘ

Dicle → parallelTo → Euphrates ⓘ

Deir ez-Zor → partOf → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley

The Negro Speaks of Rivers → references → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Iraq → river → Euphrates ⓘ

Al Anbar Governorate → riverValley → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley

Dijla → sharedBasinWith → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

southern Iraq → traversedBy → Euphrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

Al Anbar Governorate → traversedByRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates River

eastern Turkey → traversedByRiver → Euphrates ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Turkey

this entity surface form: Euphrates River