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Euphrates
Turkish:
Firat
Arabic: 'al-furāt
River in the Middle East, rising in Turkey, passing through Syria before it ends in Iraq where together with Tigris it forms the Shatt al-Arab river way.
Euphrates is 2,735 km long and has a discharge of 900,000 litres per second. The surface of the river is 450,000 kmē. The Euphrates gets 90% of its water from Turkey, through a set of tributary rivers like Karasu, Murat and Khabur.
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By: Tore Kjeilen
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