Murat

The seventh longest river in Turkey is Murat. It is commonly known as the Eastern Euphrates, which is an important tributary of the Euphrates. The river was also known as Arsanias by the Ancient Greeks and Romans.

It begins at Mount Ararat, north of Lake Van in Eastern Turkey, and runs westward for 722 kilometers (449 miles) across mountainous terrain. Before the construction of the Keban Dam, the Murat River joined the Karasu River, also known as the Western Euphrates, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) north of the dam site and 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) north of Keban.

The Alpaslan-1 Dam, completed in 2009, cuts the river in Muş Province. The Alpaslan-2 Dam, located downstream of Alpaslan-1, was finished in 2021. The Murat River flows into the reservoir of the Keban Dam, Turkey's largest dam at the time, which was built in 1974 and supplies electrical power.

Length: 449 miles