where is the euphrates river located on a world map
The Euphrates (/ juː ˈfreɪtiːz / (listen); Sumerian: 𒌓𒄒𒉣 Buranuna, Akkadian: 𒌓𒄒𒉣 Purattu, Arabic: الفرات ‎ al-Furāt, Syriac: ̇ܦܪܬ ‎ Pǝrāt, Armenian: Եփրատ: Yeprat, Hebrew: פרת ‎ Perat, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat ‎) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (the "Land between the Rivers"). Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.