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.

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All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
Euphrates River 130
Euphrates canonical 34
Euphrates basin 10

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 (211)

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

Arab world → hasRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
Mesopotamia → locatedBetween → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Mesopotamia → majorRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Iraq → river → Euphrates ⓘ
Tigris → formsHistoricalRegionWith → Euphrates ⓘ
Tigris → formsBasinWith → Euphrates ⓘ
Tigris → closelyAssociatedRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
Syrian Desert → borderedBy → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Gaziantep → nearRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Babylon → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Fallujah → locatedOnRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Al Anbar Governorate → traversedByRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Al Anbar Governorate → hasStrategicLocation → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Al Anbar Governorate → riverValley → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Armenian Highlands → drainageBasin → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Uruk → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Ur → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Kufa → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Basra → nearRiverConfluence → Euphrates ⓘ
Middle East and North Africa → containsRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
Ur of the Chaldeans → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Haran → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Garden of Eden → hasRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
southern Iraq → traversedBy → Euphrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Iraq
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
eastern Turkey → traversedByRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Nehardea → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Karbala → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates basin
Erzurum, Turkey → locatedInRegion → Euphrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Erzurum
this entity surface form: Upper Euphrates basin
Najaf → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Shatt al-Arab → formedByConfluenceOf → Euphrates ⓘ
The Negro Speaks of Rivers → references → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Etemenanki ziggurat → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Etemenanki
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Tigris–Euphrates river system → majorRivers → Euphrates ⓘ
Battle of Carchemish → locatedOn → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Dicle → parallelTo → Euphrates ⓘ
Sippar → locatedNear → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Dijla → confluenceWith → Euphrates ⓘ
Dijla → sharedBasinWith → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Deir ez-Zor → locatedOnRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Deir ez-Zor → partOf → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River valley
Thutmose III → expandedEmpireTo → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Imam Husayn Shrine → near → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Al-Furāt → refersTo → Euphrates ⓘ
Al-Furāt → hasArabicName → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: الفرات
Euphrátēs → hasNameInGreek → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Εὐφράτης
Euphrátēs → hasModernName → Euphrates ⓘ
Euphrátēs → correspondsTo → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Surfer Rosa → hasPart → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Euphrates
Al-Ramadi → locatedOnRiver → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates River
Al-Ramadi → riverBasin → Euphrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euphrates basin