<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Euphrates </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Arabic: الفرات ‎ ‎ al - Furāt, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat ‎, Syriac: ܦܪܬ ‎ Prath, Hebrew: פרת ‎ ‎ Perat, Armenian: Եփրատ Yeprat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Euphrates near Halabiye (Syria); the site can be seen in the background on the left bank . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Name origin: from Greek, from Old Persian Ufrātu, from Elamite ú - ip - ra - tu - iš </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Countries </Th> <Td> Iraq, Syria, Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin area </Th> <Td> Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Tributaries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - left </Td> <Td> Balikh, Khabur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - right </Td> <Td> Sajur </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cities </Th> <Td> Birecik, Raqqa, Deir ez - Zor, Mayadin, Haditha, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, Fallujah, Kufa, Samawah, Nasiriyah </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Landmarks </Th> <Td> Lake Assad, Lake Qadisiyah, Lake Habbaniyah </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - location </Td> <Td> Murat Su, Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - elevation </Td> <Td> 3,520 m (11,549 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Secondary source </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - location </Td> <Td> Kara Su, Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - elevation </Td> <Td> 3,290 m (10,794 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source confluence </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - location </Td> <Td> Keban, Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - elevation </Td> <Td> 610 m (2,001 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mouth </Th> <Td> Shatt al - Arab </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - location </Td> <Td> Al - Qurnah, Basra Governorate, Iraq </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - coordinates </Td> <Td> 31 ° 0 ′ 18" N 47 ° 26 ′ 31" E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.00500 ° N 47.44194 ° E ﻿ / 31.00500; 47.44194 Coordinates: 31 ° 0 ′ 18" N 47 ° 26 ′ 31" E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.00500 ° N 47.44194 ° E ﻿ / 31.00500; 47.44194 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 2,800 km (1,740 mi) approx . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin </Th> <Td> 500,000 km (193,051 sq mi) approx . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Discharge </Th> <Td> for Hīt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - average </Td> <Td> 356 m / s (12,572 cu ft / s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - max </Td> <Td> 2,514 m / s (88,781 cu ft / s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - min </Td> <Td> 58 m / s (2,048 cu ft / s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map of the combined Tigris--Euphrates drainage basin (in yellow) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Wikimedia Commons: Euphrates </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Euphrates </Td> </Tr>

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