Euphrates River
Iraq's ancient artery
The Euphrates is a major river flowing through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, joining the Tigris near the Persian Gulf.
Together with the Tigris, it defined ancient Mesopotamia—the "land between the rivers"—where some of the earliest human civilizations emerged.
The Euphrates appears frequently in religious texts, including the Bible, as a boundary marker or symbol of abundance.
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- SyriaLevant country, capital Damascus
- SumeriansAncient southern Mesopotamian people
- tributaryStream entering larger river
cradle of civilization · flowing waters · Gilgamesh · Fertile Crescent · Hammurabi · cuneiform · clay tablets · Middle East · biblical lands · biblical · Euphrates · Revelation · Garden of Eden · Ottoman Empire · irrigation canals · dam construction · water rights · wetlands
- Ancient MesopotamiaBabylon, Assyria, cuneiform, Nineveh, Sumer
- Anbar ProvinceRamadi, Fallujah, Ana, subdistrict, municipal council
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Caspian Sea, Ural Mountains
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- waterwayscanal, canals, stream, creek, waterway
- MesopotamiaBabylon, Sumer, Tigris, Mesopotamia, Euphrates
Euphrates RiverSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Arabian Desert · desert · Gobi Desert · Death Valley · dry land
Euphrates RiverMississippi River
Longest North American watercourse