Editing Euphrates (section)

== Drainage basin ==
[[File:Tigre et Euphrate.jpg|right|thumb|French map from the 17th century showing the Euphrates and the [[Tigris]]|alt=Refer to caption]]
{{further|Tigris–Euphrates river system}}
The [[drainage basin]]s of the Kara Su and the Murat River cover an area of {{convert|22000|km2}} and {{convert|40000|km2}}, respectively.<ref name=neweden2006a71/> Estimates of the area of the Euphrates drainage basin vary widely; from a low {{convert|233000|km2}} to a high {{convert|766000|km2}}.<ref name=isaevmikhailova384/> Recent estimates put the basin area at {{convert|388000|km2}},<ref name=neweden2006a71/> {{convert|444000|km2}}<ref name=daoudy63/><ref name=shahin251>{{harvnb|Shahin|2007|p=251}}</ref> and {{convert|579314|km2}}.<ref name=partow4>{{harvnb|Partow|2001|p=4}}</ref> The greater part of the Euphrates basin is located in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. According to both Daoudy and Frenken, Turkey's share is 28 percent, Syria's is 17 percent and that of Iraq is 40 percent.<ref name=daoudy63/><ref name=frenken65/> Isaev and Mikhailova estimate the percentages of the drainage basin lying within Turkey, Syria and Iraq at 33, 20 and 47 percent respectively.<ref name=isaevmikhailova384/> Some sources estimate that approximately 15 percent of the drainage basin is located within [[Saudi Arabia]], while a small part falls inside the borders of [[Kuwait]].<ref name=daoudy63/><ref name=frenken65/> Finally, some sources also include [[Jordan]] in the drainage basin of the Euphrates; a small part of the eastern desert ({{convert|220|km2}}) drains toward the east rather than to the west.<ref name=isaevmikhailova384/><ref name=frenken63>{{harvnb|Frenken|2009|p=63}}</ref>