Euphrates
noun
uk/juːˈfreɪ.tiːz/us/juːˈfreɪ.t̬iːz/(alsoEuphrates River,uk/juːˌfreɪ.tiːz ˈrɪv.ər/us/juːˌfreɪ.t̬iːz ˈrɪv.ɚ/)alongriverinwesternAsiathat was one of the twogreatriversof theancientregionof Mesopotamia:
幼发拉底河The Garden ofEdenwassupposedlysomewherebetween the Tigris and the Euphrates.伊甸园据说是在底格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间的某个地方。
- The Tigris and Euphrates are the mostdammedriversin theworldso there istremendouswateruse all along them.
- Attheiroutdoormosquealong the Euphrates, a thousandpeopleattendedanafternoonsermon.
- Howfarfrom thePersianGulf do the Tigris and Euphratesriversmeet?
- Helivesin Nasiriya, acityon the Euphrates River.
Watercourses & waterfalls
- amazon
- arroyo
- beck
- bourne
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- cataract
- fluvial
- fordable
- gulch
- gully
- rapids
- rill
- riverbed
- riverine
- runnel
- the Ganges
- the Thames
- waterway
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Ancient history: before 500 AD