Euphrates Map. Euphrates River World Map 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 civilization. The distance from the source of the Murat to where it joins with the Tigris (near Basra, Iraq) is 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles).
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The Euphrates river begins, as seen in the below map, at the place where the Karasu and Murat join in northeastern Turkey The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia
Genesis 15:18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: Maphill presents the map of Euphrates River in a wide variety of map types and styles It is 1,740 miles (2,800 km) long and is one of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system
. 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.
. Map (in French) showing the locations of dams and barrages built in the Syro-Turkish part of the Euphrates basin It is 1,740 miles (2,800 km) long and is one of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system