Euphrates River

1. River in southwestern Asia that flows through eastern Turkey , Syria , and Iraq before uniting with the Tigris River and emptying into the Persian Gulf .

Notes

It was important in the development of many great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia .

Example Sentences

Originally Ea appears to have been a fish--the incarnation of the spirit of, or life principle in, the Euphrates River.

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It was situated southwest of the Euphrates River, near the plains which were the nation's chief grazing grounds.

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Perhaps some years ago it had formed actually the bed of the Euphrates River, which had then flowed over and through it.

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The literal Babylon was an ancient city situated on the Euphrates River.

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Its eastern shore is within a hundred miles of the headwaters of the Euphrates River, which is navigable for small craft to Bir.

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