Information about Murat River

Murat River (Turkish: Murat Nehri). The Murat is the major headstream of the Euphrates. It was also called Arsanias in antiquity. The river rises near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for 722 km (449 miles) through a mountainous region. There it unites with the Karasu Çayi and forms the Upper Euphrates near Malatya.

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Origin Eastern Turkey
Mouth Shatt al Arab
Basin countries Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran
Length 2,800 km
Source elevation 4,500 m

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Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı, Armenian: Արարատ Ararat, Kurdish: Çîyayê Agirî
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Lake type saline lake

Basin countries Turkey

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Motto
Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh
Peace at Home, Peace in the World
Anthem
İstiklâl Marşı
The Anthem of Independence
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Malatya (Hittite: Milid; Greek: Μαλάτεια, Malateia; Armenian: Մալաթիա, Malatia
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