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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 |
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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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