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Bookmark or Share- Is the Euphrates River Drying Up? - Discover MagazineYes, the Euphrates River is drying up due to a complex set of factors. The Ataturk Dam, located in Turkey, is one of 22 dams along the river that were built in the 1980s and 90s to provide irrigation and hydroelectric power. As a result, less of the river drains downstream.
- Euphrates - WikipediaThe Euphrates is the fifteenth-longest river in Asia and the longest in Western Asia, at about 2,780 km (1,730 mi), with a drainage area of 440,000 km 2 (170,000 sq mi) that covers six countries.
- Euphrates River | Definition, Location, Length, Map, & Facts - BritannicaEuphrates River, longest river in southwest Asia. It is 1,740 miles (2,800 km) long and is one of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system. It rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq.
- Why Is The Euphrates River Drying Up And What Does It Mean?Just as the Bible warned, the Euphrates River is drying up. However, unlike supernatural explanations like the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, there is a very real environmental phenomenon driving...
- The Euphrates River, at the 'Cradle of Civilization,' Is Drying UpLocated in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable land in the fertile crescent, which became the roots of human civilization with the rise of the Mesopotamians and Sumerians.
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