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Euphrates (river) |
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Lat: 31 00 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.0050 decimal degrees |
Long: 047 26 24 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.4400 decimal degrees |
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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. |
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Euphrates (preferred,C,V)
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Euphrates River (C,V)
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Al Furāt (C,V)
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Furāt, Nahr al (C,V)
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Nahr al Furāt (C,V)
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Fırat Nehri (C,V)
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Eufrates (C,V)
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Euphrat (C,V)
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Fırat Nehri (C,V)
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Firat Nehril (C,V)
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Al-Furāt (C,V)
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Furāt (C,V)
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Perath (H,O)
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Purattu (C,V)
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الفرات (C,V)
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نهر الفرات (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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