Euphrates Arabic: الفرات ‎ ‎ al - Furāt, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat ‎, Syriac: ܦܪܬ ‎ Prath, Hebrew: פרת ‎ ‎ Perat, Armenian: Եփրատ Yeprat River The Euphrates near Halabiye (Syria); the site can be seen in the background on the left bank. Name origin: from Greek, from Old Persian Ufrātu, from Elamite ú - ip - ra - tu - iš Countries Iraq, Syria, Turkey Basin area Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran Tributaries - left Balikh, Khabur - right Sajur Cities Birecik, Raqqa, Deir ez - Zor, Mayadin, Haditha, Ramadi, Habbaniyah, Fallujah, Kufa, Samawah, Nasiriyah Landmarks Lake Assad, Lake Qadisiyah, Lake Habbaniyah Source - location Murat Su, Turkey - elevation 3,520 m (11,549 ft) Secondary source - location Kara Su, Turkey - elevation 3,290 m (10,794 ft) Source confluence - location Keban, Turkey - elevation 610 m (2,001 ft) Mouth Shatt al - Arab - location Al - Qurnah, Basra Governorate, Iraq - coordinates 31 ° 0 ′ 18 '' N 47 ° 26 ′ 31 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.00500 ° N 47.44194 ° E ﻿ / 31.00500; 47.44194 Coordinates: 31 ° 0 ′ 18 '' N 47 ° 26 ′ 31 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.00500 ° N 47.44194 ° E ﻿ / 31.00500; 47.44194 Length 2,800 km (1,740 mi) approx. Basin 500,000 km (193,051 sq mi) approx. Discharge for Hīt - average 356 m / s (12,572 cu ft / s) - max 2,514 m / s (88,781 cu ft / s) - min 58 m / s (2,048 cu ft / s) Map of the combined Tigris -- Euphrates drainage basin (in yellow) Wikimedia Commons: Euphrates
where is the head of the euphrates river
Murat Su, Turkey