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	EUPHRATES - LoveToKnow Article on EUPHRATES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Along this part of its course the river is apt to be choked with reeds and, except where bordered by lines of palm trees, the channel loses itself in lakes and swamps.
		The inhabitants of this region are wild and inhospitable and utterly beyond the control of the Turkish authorities, and navigation of the river between Korna and Suk-esh-Sheiukh is unsafe owing to the attacks of armed pirates.
		The river begins to rise in the end of J\Iarch and attains its greatest height between the 21st and the 28th of May. It is lowest in November, and rocks, shallows, and the remains of old dams then render it almost unnavigable.
	59.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EU/EUPHRATES.htm (5937 words)

	Euphrates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is formed by the union of two branches, the Kara (the western Euphrates), which rises in the highlands of eastern Turkey north of Erzerum and the Murat (the eastern Euphrates), which issues from an area southwest of Mount Ararat, north of Lake Van.
		The river used to divide into many channels at Basra, forming an extensive marshland, but the marshes were largely drained by the Saddam Hussein government in the 1990s as a means of driving out the rebellious Marsh Arabs.
		The river Euphrates is one of the four rivers that flow from the Garden of Eden according to Book of Genesis 2:14.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Euphrates_River (835 words)

	The Euphrates River
		It is easy to deflect river water onto the land for irrigation but difficult to drain the land afterwards, causing the fields to become increasingly saline.
		Flooding on the Euphrates is caused by the melting of snow in the Armenian plateau.
		The lower Euphrates begins to rise at the end of March and usually reaches its maximum height by the end of May. The water level then gradually drops throughout the summer until it reaches its lowest level at the end of November.
	www.jameswbell.com /a006euphratesriver.html (430 words)

	Euphrates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		River in the Middle East, rising in Turkey, passing through Syria before it ends in Iraq where together with Tigris it forms the Shattu l-Arab river way.
		Euphrates is 2,735 km long and has a discharge of 900,000 litres per second.
		The surface of the river is 450,000 km².
	i-cias.com /e.o/euphrats.htm (79 words)

	Euphrates river, Syria - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Although less than 30 percent of the river’s drainage basin is in Turkey, roughly 94 percent of the river’s water originates in the Turkish highlands.
		The Euphrates has an average annual flow of 28 billion cu m (990 billion cu ft); the flow is heaviest in the months of April and May. Major cities on the Euphrates include Ar Raqqah and Dayr az Zawr in Syria, and Karbalâ’, Al Hillah, and An Najaf in Iraq.
		The river is the source of significant political tension, as Turkey, Syria, and Iraq all compete for the use of its waters for irrigation and the generation of hydroelectric power.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /euphrates.htm (779 words)

	America's Fork at the Euphrates
		The land that is between the rivers specifically identifies the land between the modern Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
		Also on the Euphrates River nearby, the army of Egypt’s Pharoah Necho was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar near Carchemesh; Persian King Cyrus the Younger and Crassus perished after crossing it; and Alexander the Great of Greece crossed it to establish his Hellinistic empire.
		It is most frequently denoted in the Bible by the term "the great river." The word Perath, means to break forth, and the mere name of this river epitomizes the mission of Abraham’s call to leave the lower Euphrates River valley, and go to the land of Canaan and to establish a new nation.
	focusonjerusalem.com /euphratesriverinbibleprophecy.html (4624 words)

	Euphrates. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Euphrates is unnavigable except for very shallow-draft vessels; a drainage project was begun in the 1960s involving the construction of a 342 mi (550 km) canal running between the Tigris and Euphrates to serve as a route for river barges.
		Euphrates Dam, 230 ft (70 m) high, constructed with Soviet aid at Tabqa, N Syria, is the main unit of the Tabqa Barrage Scheme.
		However, as the maintenance of irrigation and drainage networks was neglected, the siltation of canals and the salinization of fields eventually made the land unsuitable for agriculture.
	www.bartleby.com /65/eu/Euphrate.html (449 words)

	Tigris-Euphrates River Dispute
		It is the longest river in Southwestern Asia with 2,700 km, and its actual annual volume is 35.9 billion cubic meters (bcm).[4] The Euphrates river is formed in Turkey by two major tributaries; the Murat and the Karasu.
		The French dream of a major dam on the Euphrates river became a major priority for the Syrian government, and growing relations with the soviet Union after the disruption of the United Arab Republic (U.A.R) led to a joint operation to built the Tabqa Dam, which was officially inaugurated in July of 1973.
		The Bekhme Dam on the Greater Zap, the Dokan Dam and the Dibbis Dam on the Lesser Zap, the Darbandikhan Dam and the Hamrin Dam on the Diyala are the remaining operational dams on the Tigris river.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/tigris.htm (4216 words)

	Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There were three rivers, besides the sea, that were boundaries of the land of Canaan, namely, the river of Egypt, the river Euphrates, and the river Jordan.
		Therefore the two rivers, "the river of Egypt" (or the Nile), and "the river of Assyria" (or the Euphrates), signified the terminations of the church, and also the introductions into the church.
		"River" is twice mentioned, namely, "the great river, the river Euphrates," because "the great river" signifies the influx of spiritual things into rational, and "the river Euphrates" the influx of rational things into natural, thus the two signify the influx of spiritual things through the rational into natural things.
	www.theheavenlydoctrines.org /static/d11722/569.htm (1814 words)

	Euphrates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Euphrates is the largest, the longest, and by far the most important of the rivers of western Asia.
		The annual inundation of the Euphrates is caused by the melting of the snows in the Armenian highlands, which occurs in the month of May.
		The Euphrates is first mentioned in Scripture as one of the four rivers of Eden in Gen.2:14.
	www.ancientroute.com /water/Euphrat.htm (338 words)

	Euphrates (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		[The post-Flood river] is first mentioned in connection with the covenant which God entered into with Abraham (15:18), when he promised to his descendants the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates (compare Deut.
		It has two sources, (1) the Frat or Kara-su (i.e., "the fl river"), which rises 25 miles northeast of Erzeroum; and (2) the Muradchai (i.e., "the river of desire"), which rises near Ararat, on the northern slope of Ala-tagh.
		It is estimated that the alluvium brought down by these rivers encroaches on the sea at the rate of about one mile in thirty years.
	www.www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/euphrates.html (353 words)

	BD Euphrates
		An important river that rises in the mountains of Armenia and falls into the Persian Gulf, frequently called in scripture “the River.” It provided a natural line of communication between east and west.
		It was the boundary of the land promised to the seed of Abraham (Gen.
		And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
	scriptures.lds.org /bde/ephrts?sr=1 (338 words)

	Tigris & Euphrates Basin
		This means that a large proportion of the total falls as snow on the uplands and consequently the water is locked in the solid state on the mountain slopes until temperatures begin to rise in spring and early summer.
		Although Turkey controls the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, 40% of its arable land is in southeastern Anatolia, which suffers from a general shortage of water.
		The water of the Euphrates River is regulated by means of large reservoirs of the Keban and Atatürk Dams.
	www.providence.edu /polisci/students/mideast_water/tigres_1.htm (1065 words)

	Euphrates River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Formed by the confluence of the Kara and the Murat in the high Armenian plateau, the Euphrates descends between major ranges of the Taurus Mountains and drops nearly 1,000 ft (300 m) to the Syrian plateau.
		dam on the Euphrates River in north-central Syria.
		The river rises north of Lake Van near Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for 449 miles (722 km) through a mountainous region to unite with the Karasu Çayi and form the Upper Euphrates near Malatya.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9363999?tocId=9363999 (952 words)

	Euphrates
		The Euphrates is often mentioned as being "the flood," because during the rainy season this important river would flood much of the land.
		The Euphrates is mentioned for the first time in Genesis 2:14, "And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria.
		Because this river is the eastern border of the Promised Land.
	philologos.org /bpr/files/e004.htm (1404 words)

	Euphrates Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The '''Euphrates''' (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is in Old Persian ''Ufrat'', Aramaic ''Prâth/Frot'', in Arabic languageArabic Al-Furat الفرات, in Turkish languageTurkish ''Fırat'' and in ancient AssyriaAssyrian language ''Pu-rat-tu'') is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (Bethnahrin in Aramaic), the other being the Tigris.
		It is formed by the union of two branches, the Karasu RiverKara (the western Euphrates), which rises in the highlands of eastern Turkey north of Erzerum and the Murat RiverMurat (the eastern Euphrates), which issues from Lake Van.
		The Euphrates is only navigable by very shallow-draft boats, which can reach as far as the Iraqi city of Hit, IraqHit, located 1,200 miles upstream and which is only 53 meters above sea level.
	www.echostatic.com /Euphrates.html (782 words)

	Euphrates River - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Euphrates River is one of the most important rivers in the world.
		The Tigris Euphrates valley was the birthplace of the ancient civilizations of Assyria, Babylonian, and Sumer.
		The river is the source of political tension, as Turkey, Syria and Iraq all compete for the use of its waters for irrigation and the generation of hydroelectric power.
	web.bryant.edu /~langlois/ecology/history.htm (171 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		And the fourth river, this is the Euphrates.
		Onkelos: And the name of the third river is Tigrith, it flows east of Ashur; and the fourth river is the Euphrates.
		Jonathan: The name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one that flows to the east of Asshur.
	jefferson.village.virginia.edu /anderson/bible/gen1-3/genv2.14.html (158 words)

	war against Iraq 2003, Euphrates river, prophecy, Babylon
		The Euphrates river is located in the land of the ancient sister empires, Assyria and Babylon.
		The Euphrates River is so prominent in Bible prophecy that its frequent mention in today's news strongly attests that we are indeed living in the last days.
		When the time comes, the drying of the Euphrates River may be a result of a supernatural act of God, much like He did with the Red Sea when the sons of Israel passed through.
	www.bibleriches.org /mail/mailag.html (3207 words)

	Greek Mythology: EUPHRATES River God of Assyria, West Asia
		EUPHRATES was a RIVER-GOD of Assyria in west Asia (modern Turkey and Iraq).
		The river Euphrates flowed south from the highlands of eastern Anatolia down through the heart of Assyria.
		Other important rivers of the east were the Tigris of Assyria, Orontes of Syria, as well as the Ganges and Hydaspes of India.
	www.theoi.com /Potamos/PotamosEuphrates.html (231 words)

	The Euphrates River: The Politics of Water
		The Euphrates River, or the Furat in Arabic and Turkish, flows from its origins in Turkey through Syria and into Iraq.
		While the Euphrates River flows through the three countries, most of the water, about 88 percent, originates in Turkey, and the remainder from two rivers that enter the Euphrates in Syria.
		Syria considers the Euphrates River to be its principal source of water.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/middle_east/28688 (544 words)

	JESUS IS GOD MINISTRIES - Four Angels
		Jos 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
		Jer 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
		Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
	www.ourchurch.com /view?pageID=136586 (3536 words)

	Euphrates River
		The Sunni Muslim area east of the Euphrates river is one of the most dangerous in the country for Iraqi security forces, with ambushes common.
		Fallujah, which sits along the Euphrates River, is a drab market town, filled with two-story apartment buildings and walled houses the color of a dust storm.
		With US units positioned to the south and east, and the Euphrates River on the west, insurgents are being squeezed into a corner, the military said.
	conservation.mongabay.com /Euphrates_River.htm (2784 words)

	Euphrates Details, Meaning Euphrates Article and Explanation Guide
		The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is in Aramaic Frot/Frat, Old Persian Ufrat, in Arabic الفرات, in Turkish Fırat and in ancient Assyrian language Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (Bethnahrin in Aramaic), the other being the Tigris.
		Below Basra in southern Iraq the river merges with the Tigris to form the Shatt al-Arab, which in turn empties into the Persian Gulf.
		For several centuries the river formed the eastern limit of effective Egyptian and Roman control.
	www.e-paranoids.com /e/eu/euphrates.html (740 words)

	Tigris River
		These are the river of Zakko or eastern Tigris, the Great Zab (Zab Ala) the Lesser Zab (Zab Asfal), the Adhem and the Diyaleh.
		The entire region between the Euphrates and the Tigris was covered by a network of canals, intended primarily for irrigation but large enough for navigation by small boats.
		The intakes at the rivers were protected by dams, which Strabo called "artificial cataracts," and they are said to have been provided with sluices and gates to regulate the flow of the water.
	www.ancientroute.com /water/tigrisrv.htm (322 words)

	Euphrates Basin
		Negotiate an equitable allocation of the flow of the Euphrates River and its tributaries between the riparian states
		The Syrians claimed that less than half the river's normal flow had reached its borders that year and, after a barrage of mutually hostile statements, pulled out of an Arab League technical committee formed to mediate the conflict.
		Although the terms of the agreement were not made public, Iraqi sources are cited as privately stating that the agreement called for Syria to keep 40% of the flow of the Euphrates within it borders, and to allow the remaining 60% through to Iraq.
	www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu /projects/casestudies/euphrates.html (782 words)

	the-euphrates
		Euphrates; and the [hudor] water thereof was [xeraino] dried up, that the way of the kings of the east
		The water of the river Euphrates will be dried up.
		I wash myself in water that was once in, the great Euphrates River.
	www.geocities.com /petersenjoy/the-euphrates.html (139 words)

	River Euphrates
		The River Euphrates is a historic river, very significant in Biblical history.
		This was one of the rivers which flowed out of the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:14).
		It was along this river that Abraham, father of Jews, Christians and Muslims, journeyed on his way to the promised land.
	www.sln.org.uk /re/syria/p15.htm (95 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Deadly chemicals are found dumped in river
		The poisonous substances are believed to have been dumped in the Euphrates either by Iraqi soldiers fleeing from American troops or local factories that produced weapons of mass destruction.
		The poisons were discovered by the marines' scientists who were testing the quality of water taken from the Euphrates before purifying it and distributing it to the residents of Nasiriyah, a city of 250,000 people.
		The marines returned to the Euphrates in Nasiriyah yesterday to distribute purified water to hundreds of Iraqis who formed an orderly queue on the river bank.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/06/wpois06.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/06/ixnewstop.html (491 words)

	Biblical Sites in Eastern Turkey (Part 3) by Ferrell Jenkins
		South of the highway we visited a typical village of the area with mud-brick houses, piles of stored grain, stacks of dung cakes which were being dried for cooking and warming the houses during the winter.
		While I was photographing the scene, a young woman came to the river with two buckets to get water for her house.
		The Tigris River, the land of Urartu (Ararat), and Mount Ararat.
	www.bibleworld.com /turkey/eturk3.html (1540 words)

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