See soorce fer Euphrates

{{Infobox river
| name               = Euphrates
| name_native        = 
| name_native_lang   = 
| name_other         = 
| name_etymology     = frae Greek, frae Auld Persie ''Ufrātu'', frae Elamite ''ú-ip-ra-tu-iš''
<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Zalabiya,Euphrat.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| image_caption      = The Euphrates near [[Halabiye]] ([[Syria]]); the archaeological steid [[Zalabiye]] can be seen in the backgrund on the left bank.
| map                = Tigr-euph.png
| map_size           = 300
| map_caption        = Map o the combined [[Tigris]]–Euphrates [[drainage basin]] (in yellae)
| pushpin_map        = 
| pushpin_map_size   = 300
| pushpin_map_caption= 
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Kintra
| subdivision_name1  = [[Iraq]], [[Sirie]], [[Turkey]]
| subdivision_type2  = Basin aurie
| subdivision_name2  = [[Turkey]], [[Sirie]], [[Iraq]], [[Saudi Arabie]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type3  = 
| subdivision_name3  = 
| subdivision_type4  = 
| subdivision_name4  = 
| subdivision_type5  = Ceeties
| subdivision_name5  = [[Birecik]], [[Raqqa]], [[Deir ez-Zor]], [[Mayadin]], [[Haditha]], [[Ramadi]], [[Habbaniyah]], [[Fallujah]], [[Kufa]], [[Samawah]], [[Nasiriyah]]
<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|2800|km|mi|abbr=on}}approx. 
| width_min          = 
| width_avg          = 
| width_max          = 
| depth_min          = 
| depth_avg          = 
| depth_max          = 
| discharge1_location= [[Hīt]]
| discharge1_min     = {{convert|58|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|356|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_max     = {{convert|2514|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = 
| source1_location   = [[Murat River|Murat Su]], [[Turkey]]
| source1_coordinates= 
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|3520|m|abbr=on}}
| source2            =  
| source2_location   = [[Karasu (Euphrates)|Kara Su]], [[Turkey]]
| source2_coordinates= 
| source2_elevation  = {{convert|3290|m|abbr=on}}
| source_confluence            = 
| source_confluence_location   = [[Keban (Destrict), Elazığ|Keban]], [[Turkey]]
| source_confluence_coordinates= 
| source_confluence_elevation  = {{convert|610|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Shatt al-Arab]]
| mouth_location     = [[Al-Qurnah]], [[Basra Govrenorate]], [[Iraq]]
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|31|0|18|N|47|26|31|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation    = 
| progression        = 
| river_system       = 
| basin_size         = {{convert|500000|km2|abbr=on}}approx.
| tributaries_left   = [[Balikh River|Balikh]], [[Khabur (Euphrates)|Khabur]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Sajur River|Sajur]]
| custom_label       = 
| custom_data        = 
| extra              = 
}}
The '''Euphrates''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Euphrates.ogg|juː|ˈ|f|r|eɪ|t|iː|z}}; {{lang-ar|الفرات}}: ''al-Furāt'', {{lang-he|פרת}}: ''Prat'', {{lang-tr|Fırat}}, {{lang-ku|Firat}}) is the langest an ane o the maist historically important rivers o [[Wastren Asie]]. Thegither wi the [[Tigris]], it is ane o the twa definin rivers o [[Mesopotamie]]. Oreeginatin in eastren [[Turkey]], the Euphrates flows through [[Sirie]] an [[Iraq]] tae join the Tigris in the [[Shatt al-Arab]], which empties intae the [[Persie Gulf]].

== Etymology ==
The earliest references tae the Euphrates come frae [[cuneiform script|cuneiform]] texts foond in [[Shuruppak]] an pre-[[Sargon o Akkad|Sargonic]] [[Nippur]] in soothren [[Iraq]] an date tae the mid-third millennium BCE. In these texts, written in [[Sumerie language|Sumerie]], the Euphrates appears as ''Buranuna'' ([[logogram|logographic]]: UD.KIB.NUN). The name coud an aw be written KIB.NUN.(NA) or <sup>d</sup>KIB.NUN, wi the prefix "<sup>d</sup>" indicatin that the river wis [[divinization|deified]]. In Sumerie, the name o the ceety o [[Sippar]] in modren-day Iraq wis an aw a written UD.KIB.NUN, indicatin a historically strang relationship atween the ceety an the river. In [[Akkadian leid|Akkadian]], the Euphrates wis cried ''Purattu''.<ref>{{harvnb|Woods|2005}}</ref> The modren spellin o the Euphrates derives frae the Auld Persie ''Ufrātu'' via Middle Persie ''Frat'' intae Turkis ''Fırat''. The Persie ''Ufrātu'' (meanin ''the guid'') is an aw the source o the Greek spellin Εὐφράτης (''Euphrates'').<ref>{{harvnb|Negev|Gibson|2001|p=169}}</ref>

== See an aw ==
*[[Leet o ceeties an touns on the Euphrates River]]

== Notes ==
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== Freemit airtins ==
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* [http://www.ppl.nl/bibliographies/all/showresults.php?bibliography=water&code=WR233&topic=regional%20studies%20%3E%20Asia%20and%20the%20Middle%20East%20%3E%20Euphrates%20and%20Tigris%20Rivers Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081507/http://www.ppl.nl/bibliographies/all/showresults.php?bibliography=water&code=WR233&topic=regional%20studies%20%3E%20Asia%20and%20the%20Middle%20East%20%3E%20Euphrates%20and%20Tigris%20Rivers |date=2011-09-27 }} Peace Palace Library

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