Murat River
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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.