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The Euphrates River runs 1,700 miles from the mountains of eastern Turkey to the Persian Gulf.

Notes on verification

Multiple independent tertiary sources corroborate the ~1,700-mile length and the geography (source in eastern Turkey's mountains, mouth at Persian Gulf), though exact figures vary slightly (1,678-1,740 miles) due to measurement methodology differences, which is typical for river-length claims.

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