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The Euphrates (/ juː ˈ f r eɪ t iː z / ⓘ yoo-FRAY-teez; see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (lit. 'the land between the rivers').
- Approx. 2,800 km (1,700 mi)
- Murat River
Historia. El Éufrates proveyó el agua que dio lugar al primer florecimiento de la civilización en Sumeria, que data de alrededor del IV milenio antes de Cristo. Muchas antiguas ciudades importantes se encontraban en, o cerca de la orilla del río, incluida Mari, Sippar, Nippur, Shuruppak, Uruk, Ur y Eridu .
- Río Shatt al-Arab
- 39°43′42″N 40°15′25″E / 39.7283, 40.2569
- Montes Cáucaso
- Río Shatt al-Arab
11 de abr. de 2024 · Euphrates River, river, Middle East. The longest river in southwest Asia, it is 1,740 miles (2,800 km) long, and it is one of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The river rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that discharges into the Persian Gulf. Its principal rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries.
- 879,790 km² (339,690 sq mi)
- Palearctic
- temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands
7 de mar. de 2024 · Tigris-Euphrates river system, great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East. The lower portion of the region that they define, known as Mesopotamia (Greek: “Land Between the Rivers”), was one of the cradles of ...
3 de oct. de 2021 · Euphrates River. The Euphrates River is considered Western Asia ’s longest river that has a length of about 2,800km. The river originates in the Armenian Highlands of southeastern Turkey and then flows through the countries of Syria and Iraq, where it meets with the Tigris River and finally drains into the Persian Gulf.
16 de feb. de 2021 · Éufrates, el río más largo de Mesopotamia y Asia Menor, tiene la cuenca más amplia de Turquía con su longitud de más de 1.000 km. Los asirios lo denominaron Purattu, los árabes “Furat”, y en los idiomas occidentales se tradujo a Euphrates. Ha sido el foco de interés a lo largo de miles de años.
