> - Rises in southeastern Turkey.
>- Flows southward across Iraq & eastern Syria.
- Joins with the Euphrates River in southern Iraq before they drain into the Persian Gulf.
> - Historically important for civilizations.
2. Euphrates:
>- Originates in eastern Turkey.
- Flows in a general southeastern direction & unites with the Tigris
River before draining into the Persian Gulf in southern Iraq.
>- Along with Tigris River- formed Mesopotamia (the land between two rivers), ancient center of civilisation.