Euphrates (river)
natural · 18000 BC – 2000 AD
The longest river of Western Asia, the Euphrates flows from the Kara Su and the Murat Su to the confluence with the Tigris river.
- Coordinates
- 35.66004, 39.37386
- Also known as
- Arahtu (akk), Buranun, Eprat (hy), Euphrat (de), Euphrates (grc), Euphratēs, Euphrates (grc), Firat, Firat Nehri, Fırat Nehri, Firat Nehri (ota), Fırat, Firat (tr), Gattu (akk), Mala (hit), Nahr al-Furāt, Nahr al-Furat, Nahr el-Furat, Nahr el-Furāt (arb), Narmalchas (la), Narmalchas (la), Nehr-i Furāt (ota), Omma (grc), Puranade (xur), Purattu, Purattum (akk), al Furāt, al Furat, el Furat, el Furāt, al-Furat (None), al-Furāt, al-Furat, el-Furat, al-Forat, el-Forat, Furat, Forat (arb), Εὐφράτης (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)