Euphrates
river in Asia
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Summary
Euphrates is a river[1]. Euphrates ranks in the top 0.066% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,607 views/month, #9 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Turkey[3], Syria[4], Iraq[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Basin country: Turkey[7], Syria[8], Iraq[9]
- Commons category: Euphrates[10]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Shatt al-Arab[11]
- Said to be the same as: Yevfrat[12]
- Lake on watercourse: Atatürk Reservoir[13], Keban Reservoir[14], Karakaya Reservoir[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Euphrates[16]
- Tributary: Khabur River[17], Balikh River[18], Ակն (գետակ)[19], Բուսնիկ[20], Գառնակ (գետակ)[21], Գարաբունար[22], Գուռմա[23], Գուրուլա[24], Տևրիկ (գետ)[25], Դարբողազ (գետ)[26], Uzandı Deresi[27], Murat River[28], Karasu River[29], Buğur Çayı[30]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Euphrates Basin[31]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[32], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[33], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Pauly–Wissowa[39]
- Native label: Fırat[40], الفرات[41]
- Different from: Euphrates[42]
- Length: 2800 km[43]
- Watershed area: 673,000 km²[44]
- Discharge: 818.0 cubic metre per second[45]
- Drainage basin: Persian Gulf Basin[46]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[47]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Euphrates include Fırat University[48], a public university[49], in Turkey[50], founded in 1975[51], headquartered in Elazığ[52].
Why It Matters
Euphrates has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Euphrates is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Euphrates include Fırat University[48], a public university[49], in Turkey[50], founded in 1975[51], headquartered in Elazığ[52].