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Euphrates (river)
Coordinates:
Lat: 31 00 18 N degrees minutes Lat: 31.0050 decimal degrees
Long: 047 26 24 E degrees minutes Long: 47.4400 decimal degrees
Note: Along with the Tigris, the great river of west Asia; both rivers rise in eastern Turkey and flow southeast through Syria and Iraq into Persian Gulf; valley was irrigated in ancient times and gave rise to civilizations of Babylonia, Assyria, and Chaldea.
Names:
Euphrates (preferred C ,V )Euphrates River (C ,V )Al Furāt (C ,V )Furāt, Nahr al (C ,V )Nahr al Furāt (C ,V )Fırat Nehri (C ,V )Eufrates (C ,V )Euphrat (C ,V )Fırat Nehri (C ,V )Firat Nehril (C ,V )Al-Furāt (C ,V )Furāt (C ,V )Perath (H ,O )Purattu (C ,V )الفرات (C ,V )نهر الفرات (C ,V )
Hierarchical Position:
.... Asia (continent) (P )
Additional Parents:
.... Asia (continent) (P )
........ Iraq (nation) (P )
.... Asia (continent) (P )
.... Asia (continent) (P )
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