an Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.

a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia

One of the two major rivers that forms the "cradle of civilization."

The Euphrates (Greek: Euphrátēs; Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu; Hebrew: פְּרָת Pĕrāth; Syriac: Prâth; Arabic: الفرات Al-Furāt; Turkish: Fırat; Kurdish: فرهات, Firhat, Ferhat) is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other being the Tigris).