The Euphrates is The largest river in southwestern Asia, formed by the convergence of the Karasu River flowing out of the Armenian highlands north of Erzurum in eastern Turkey and the Murat River north of Lake Van in the southwestern region of Mount Ararat, with a total length of 2,781 kilometers.
The river travels along the Taurus Mountains, flows through steep canyons, descends into the flat, dry regions of Syria and Iraq, and finally joins the Shatt al-Arab with the Tigris into the Persian Gulf.
According to Genesis 2:14 in the Old Testament, the Euphrates River created by God is one of the four rivers that flowed out of the Garden of Eden, and it is the fourth river after the Bison, Gihon and Tigris. The Euphrates and the Tigris, which also originate in Turkey, define the cradle of human civilization: the Mesopotamian plain. the Mesopotamia
There is the heart of the Fertile Crescent. Many important ancient cities of Sumerian civilization were located along the rivers, including Mali, Sipal, Nippur, Shurupak, Uruk, Ur, and Eridu. The heartland of the Babylonian and As
Though less than 30 percent of its drainage basin is in Turkey, it receives approximately 94 percent of its water while within the Turkish highlands.
Abundant water volume and the level differences of mountains and canyons support large-scale water conservancy projects such as the Ataturk Dam!
The Euphrates River marks the eastern boundary of God's Promised Land to Abram. The Jewish Hebrew Bible records: "In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I will give this land from the river of Egypt to the river of Euphrates" (Genesis 15:18). )
Furthermore, God commanded Moses to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land: "Get up and go to the hill country of the Amorites and all their neighbours in the Arabah, the hill country, the Shephaera, the Negéb, the coast, the Canaanites, the Lebanese unto the great river, the Euphrates" (Deuteronomy 1:7)
God pointed out Israel's Promised Land to Moses: "Everywhere the soles of your feet go will be yours. Your borders will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, from the Euphrates to the Western Sea (Mediterranean)" (Deuteronomy 11:24) .
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