Eden 〣 The Land and Garden 〣 Karaca Dağ in Upper Mesopotamia
Eden 〣 The Land and Garden 〣 Karaca Dağ in Upper Mesopotamia
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Introduction
How does one find in the 21st century the location of the former Garden of Eden? What was the motivation behind this study?
Prologue There is no spectacular story nor were there 'long-range thunderbolds' having come down from the Heavens to the author,
as some people would jokingly speak about those (including my person) who believe that human authors have written a fully
inspired Bible (at least in its original form). It was the ordinary work of a servant of THEOS, obviously inspired in its progress
and result through the HOLY SPIRT. And very importantly, it was the full conviction that the Bible is indeed fully inspired, and
that the Genesis account is an outmost literal description of the events depicting the beginning of humanity. Without that basis,
there would not have been sufficient motivation, to sit down dozens of hours of tracing rivers of an imaginary or heavenly Eden,
as it is so often being claimed even by confessing Christians.
1. While working in 2021 on many Bible studies, I saw the great need of creating a Bible Map which enables to locate,
Timeline and mentally organize biblical places. While creating this map and adding the well-known rivers Euphrates and Tigris
Of This as geographical markers, I wondered if the location of Eden can indeed not be found. We have already two rivers, which
Study might have slightly changed their course after the flood, but which are still there. If they join each other at their outflow,
there might even be a point where they join each other at their source as described in the Word. And we must also come
to the realization that Moses logically gave landmarks that existed after the flood. He finished the writing of the book of
Deuteronomy in ~1405 BC, which is ~1900 years after Noah's Flood.
And Moses wrote the words of this law [Genesis - Deuteronomy] in a book [= Pentateuch], and gave it to the priests the Deu
31:9
sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of KYRIOS, and to the elders of the sons of Israel [shortly before his death
at age of 120 years, ~1405 BC].
2. During several long nights at the beginning of June 2021, I did something I felt at the same time 'nerdish' about, but
also proceeded with a great curiosity and energy: to sit before a screen of Google My Maps and to manually draw lines
over what I can identify as current rivers or former riverbeds, while constantly changing between satellite, terrain and
other views, and zooming in and out hundreds of times on subsequent river sections. Those lines soon included tens of
thousands of kilometers of rivers such as the Mtkvari River (Turkey > Georgia > Azerbaijan), the great Aras River (Turkey
> Armenia > Azerbaijan), the Nile River (Uganda > Sudan > Egypt), the Qezel Uizon River (Iran), the Balikh / Selgelen River
(Syria), the Khabur River (Turkey > Syria), and of course the Euphrates River (Turkey > Syria > Iraq) and the Tigris River
(Turkey > Syria > Iraq). Dozens of small rivers could be added to this list. The following simplified map (Satellite view
mainly used for investigation) shows the product of those long nights, encompassing several areas of investigation.
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MyMaps
3. Despite being very meticulous with this investigation, I could not come to a finding for several days. I knew that I had to
ignore the Phison and the Gihon, as every study I read in those days, over and over struggled to associate those rivers, while
looking at the meaning of names, and other vague and rather confusing parameters. It was clear that I needed to focus on the
Euphrates and the Tigris, which are well acknowledged to be synonymous with the biblical rivers. But although I found many
areas in Turkey and Armenia where both rivers come close, there was always a significant mountain range or another obstacle
in between those rivers, or the rivers came very close as in the case of the Tigris and the Murat River, but the source was
hundreds of kilometers apart.
4. I was able to remove the first major obstacle after having watched a documentary about the Ngorongoro location in Tanzania,
proposing that the flood separated Africa from the Arabian Peninsula (which might be true) and that previously at least one of
the 4 rivers winded all their way from Mesopotamia to Tanzania and actually flowed the opposite direction ... But through my
ministry I have learned to listen (at least sometimes and with a great portion of discernment) even to questionable teachers,
and to eventually even learn one thing or another. In this case the teacher made the decisive remark that the source which fed
the 4 rivers was not a mysterious river which arrived from outside the Garden of Eden as we indirectly assume, but that it can
also (and ultimately must) speak of a spring / stream that came out of Eden. This also explains why the Bible does not state the
very important fact where that mysterious river originated, but only that it suddenly appeared in the Garden of Eden. After
looking at the original Greek and Hebrew, and after finding vast evidence for the still widely sold spring waters of the Karaca
Dağ region (see page 5), it was very clear that we speak through a more nuanced translation about 'a stream' that ' came up out
of Eden that watered the Garden and from there diverged and became four branches' (Gen 2:10).
5. Next I remember that the very particular and (at least in older satellite images) well-defined green footprint
of the region encompassing Karaca Dağ struck me as highly unusual, and I took a closer look at that area.
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6. Could it be that the original sources of the Euphrates and the Tigris were not those we see today in our maps (see the
traditional course of the river as marked in yellow), but through what we (might) notice today as those numerous small
branches? Considering that the Tigris comes close (40 km) to the Karaca Dağ, is it not also obvious that it was (and is still
being fed) through the Karaca Dağ? Meanwhile, the Euphrates is also only 80 kms away from Karaca Dağ.
Google
MyMaps
7. A closer look at different sources such as Google Maps, www.FloodMap.net and especially the very helpful 'MERIT Hydro
Visualization and Interactive Map' (see a screenshot on page 3), which enables the user to see current and ancient river
channels and which also helped me to trace the ancient River of Egypt (which is not the Nile as often being erroneously
interpolated in modern Bible translations, but the river at the border of Canaan, with Egypt having reached further east),
clearly revealed that Karaca Dağ indeed fed, and to a minor degree still feeds both rivers (while the source / abyss has ob-
viously reduced its capacity at an unknown point in history). It is more, each river is not only fed once, but the Euphrates
at least 4 times, and the Tigris at least 5 times. What a breakthrough. While it is not clear which branch of those rivers had
been the main source at the time of creation and after the flood, we have now for the first time the direct connection be-
tween both rivers.
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8. The best evidence is not sufficient if a nobody like my person comes up with an 'exotic' location named 'Karaca Dağ',
in a country sadly not estimated much by Christians, although it is enormously rich in Christian heritage (Paul's mission
trips), and even related to our end times when looking at the 7 churches of the book of Revelation.
I was now curious if I am indeed the first person discovering this place as the localization of the former Garden of Eden.
I was then well pleased to find the excellent article and investigation of Gari Spire, who correctly identified this location
earlier in April 2019. The only weak point and probably the obstacle in reaching greater attention, was his interpretation
of one of the rivers as going up north along the traditional course of the Euphrates, passing by the city of Elazig. When I
verified the elevation of this river at several river sections, it became clear that it increases in elevation instead of a de-
crease we ought to find, outgoing from Karaca Dağ. It could be that the flood elevated more one region of the same moun-
tain range while lowering another, which would have caused the Euphrates to flow in this section indeed in the opposite
direction. But I rather abstain from such a speculation. And as said initially, the identity of the 2 other rivers is only secon-
dary. It is also secondary if the rivers slightly changed their course through the flood, an argument repeatedly heard when
I published this study. The essential fact is, at which specific location the rivers jointly originate. If one of the rivers flowed
at a certain point some kilometers from the current course, it is absolutely irrelevant.
9. Another encouraging incident occurred only a few months after I initially published this study in June 2021. In the days
and weeks after the publication, I over and over had the thought that this location could also be the location of the landing
of the ark of Noah. This assumption was especially fueled by the finding that the slopes of Karaca Dağ provided the site for
the world's first domestication of Einkorn and where lentils, chickpeas and grapevine were first domesticated. Was this site
the original farmhouse of the world, both at the time of Adam and Noah? Did Noah land at this location and civilization
spread once again from the same location? Knowing the perfection KYRIOS works with, it struck me as unusual that He
would have chosen a different location for what we could coin the 'second account of creation' (e.g. the birthplace of IESOUS
CHRISTOS also overlapped by divine decree with the city the 12th son of Jacob was born (Luk 2:15; Gen 35:18). And it certainly
does not require a major miracle to have the ark land at the very same spot.
In December of the same year, Creation Ministries Itl. then identified at the very same location a remarkable footprint
(yet to be analysed / excavated), with additional evidence such as 8 geoglyphs in close proximity to Karaça Dag, with 4 of
them precisely pointing to the peaks of Karaça Dag. It was only by (divine) accident that I saw this article, and it was yet
another very important piece in affirming this location, although it has not yet been confirmed that this location is in-
deed the location of the ark. But the evidence collected in the study 'Flood of Noah · 360-Day Chronology According to
the Greek Old Testament' is truly significant and it is a great surprise that the excavation has not yet begun.
▶ see also the study 'Flood of Noah · 360-Day Chronology According to the Greek Old Testament'
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Region 1. Eden represented a region, And THEOS planted a garden Gen Unclear extension of the garden.
2:8 The region is possibly similar or
General with a garden in its east. eastward in Edem ...
smaller than the extension of
Criteria ... I will cut off the inhabitants from Amo Southeastern Anatolia.
1:5
the Valley of Aven and the one who
tbd tbd tbd tbd
takes hold of the scepter of Beth Eden Turkey also played an important
... role in THEOS' Kingdom (see Map),
especially when spreading the
Haran and Canneh and Eden, ...were Eze
Good Message with a special focus
27:23-24
trading with you in finery ... on precisely that region.
Mountain 2. Eden must be located on a moun- Now a river flowed out from Eden Gen
2:10-14
Elevation tain - rivers of thousands of kilo- that watered the garden, and from
meters naturally require the slope there it diverged and became four
and feed of a mountain. branches. Karaca Dağ Volcano
And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let Gen /
This immediately excludes locations such 4:8 Mount Masia / Masius
as Lower Mesopotamia, Babylon or Ur de us go out into the plain [fields] ...
Chaldeans, a location proposed by scho-
You were in Eden, the garden of Eze (1957m; might have been lower
lars throughout centuries. The true lo- 28:13-16
cation must be located much closer to THEOS [...] and I placed you on at the date of Creation) YES NO YES YES
the source of the Euphrates and Tigris THEOS' holy mountain [...] You were
river and not near the outflow. blameless in your ways from the day (Interesting side note for fans
when you were created, until of biblical numbers:
The Arameans (Post-flood descendants The mountain has 7
of Noah, Aram and Abram; siehe #8b be- wickedness was found in you.
(now 8) peaks; see map)
low) are together with the Assyrians and
Chaldeans "native to Upper Mesopotamia
and historically spoke Aramaic varieties".
(www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayfo#Background)
Volcanoes 3. The garden must have included ... and I cast you as a profane thing Eze
Karaca Dağ Volcano is a basaltic shield
28:13-16
one (or several) volcano(s). from the mountain of THEOS, and I volcano. Those kinds of volcanoes are
expelled you, the guardian cherub, relatively flat and can be up to 180 kms
The entire Bible does not include the word YES NO YES YES
from the midst of the stones of fire wide, meaning that subsequent
'volcano' or an alternate word for it. Those
['fiery stones' / 'stones that eruptions would have covered most of
'fiery stones' are therefore a probable
synonym for the activity of a volcano. flashed with fire' / 'sparkling the "soft" evidence of the original
Garden of Eden.
stones' in other translations].
Spring 4. It must include (1 river or) spring Now a stream [Greek Old Tes- Gen The streams rising from Karaca Dağ are
2:10 the most significant water sources in
Water that divides into 4 rivers. tament 'ΠΟΤΑΜΟϹ, potamos,
Strong's G4215 = a river, stream, the region. There are also a large
Bodies number of springs on the southern side
The main reason for the Garden of Eden torrent, flood] came up [Greek
not having been found is a simple mis- of Karaca Dağ and in the northern parts
OT 'ΕΚΠΟΡΕΥΕΤΑΙ', ekporeuetai, of the region."
The Bible sorts interpretation - the source not being a
those even by size! river, but definitely a spring. G1607 = to emerge, travel out,
Strong's
cast out, proceed, go forth, flow G4215
0-Spring The sorting of the water bodies by surface out, burst forth, spread abroad; stream
1-Phison / length is an additional (soft) indicator
'came up out of' in old Hebrew G1607
2-Gihon/Khabur for the spring not being a river, but being
3-Tigris very compact in surface. We already know translation] from out of [G1537, emerge
4-Euphrates from many other parts in the Bible, that ΕΚ, ek = from out, out from G1537
e.g. the sorting of personal names had among, from, suggesting from from out of
see also the Map regularly an informative value.
the interior outwards] Eden that G873
watered the garden, and from there divide
tbd tbd YES tbd
it diverged [Greek 'ΑΦΟΡΙΖΕΤΑΙ',
aphorizetai, G873 = to divide, se-
parate, sever; Hebrew yip-pa-
red = 'parted'] and became four
branches [Greek OT 'ΑΡΧΑϹ',
arche = a commencement, chief,
the first, beginning, corner, magi-
strate, power, principality, rule].
The spring in verse 6 (only 4 verses earlier) ... a spring ascended from out of Gen
uses the exact same word 'EK' = from out 2:6
[Strong's G1537, ΕΚ, ek = from
of, clearly affirming that the 4 rivers had
been fed by the abyss, which came up out, out from among, from] the
out of Eden and diverged from there. earth and watered all the face of The Sanliurfa and specifically Karaca
the ground ... Dağ region is popular for its spring
waters and sells its
[End Times] A spring from the Joe
products to the world.
3:18
house of KYRIOS will come forth,
and it will water the valley ...
You split the earth with rivers. Hab 3:9
1-Phison 5. It must encircle Havilah. The name of the first is the Pishon. It Gen
2:11-12
went around all the land of Havilah
(points to [Heuliat] ...
the Seyghür &
Gevkiri Rivers 6. Heuliat / Havilah must have gold, ... Havilah, where there is gold (The Gen
combined) 2:11-12
bdellium and onyx stone. gold of that land is good; bdellium
[carbuncle, aromatic resin] and Seyghür / Gevkiri River
Ezekiel 28:13 closely coincides in the de-
onyx stones [light green stone]
scription of very particular resources and
makes it therefore clear that the Garden of are there.) · Northeast of Volcano
Eden is located at least partly in Havilah. tbd tbd tbd tbd
Thou wast in the delight of the pa- Eze
28:13 · Forms a circumferential
radise of THEOS; thou hast bound (LXX) and closed limitation
The Karaca Dağ itself and also the sur-
upon thee every precious stone, the Eze together with the Tigris River
rounding mountain ranges (north / east / sardius, and topaz, and emerald 28:13
west) are classified as rich in precious (moonstone), and carbuncle, and
stones. sapphire, and jasper, and silver,
and gold, and ligure, and agate,
and amethyst, and chrysolite,
and beryl, and onyx ...
2-Gihon 7. It must wind through Cush. The name of the second is Gihon Gen
2:13
[Gaihun, Geon]; it winds through (Berean Study
Most translations translate it 'surrounds'
(points to the whole land of Cush. Bible)
Khabur) Cush, but the Hebrew 'has-so-beb' means
that it 'winds through' the land of Cush.
"The Greek word used for Cush is The name of the second river is Gen
ΑΙΘΙΟΠΙΑ, a compound word. Since the 2:13
Gihon. This is the one encircling all
Greeks understood the term as 'dark- (Greek Old
faced', they divided the Ethiopians into the land of Ethiopia [in Koine Greek Testament)
two, those in Africa and those to the east AIΘIOΠIΑ, Aithiopia; derived from
from eastern Turkey to India." the two Greek words AIΘΩ + ΩΨ
(Aithō = I burn + Ops = face)].
A) The land of Cush has been ~identified~ And Cush fathered Nimrod. [...] Gen
in several countries, but must be in or 10:8-11
Now, the beginning of his kingdom
adjacent to the region of Shinar, close to
Babel, Niniveh and Calah. The ruins of was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh,
both Niniveh and Calah (Nimrud) had in the land of Shinar. From that land
been clearly identified in Upper Mesopo- he went out to Assyria, and he built
tamia and it is therefore grossly negligent
Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah ...
to localize Cush e.g. in Africa as often
claimed.
Shinar was not located 800 kms south And it came to pass as they [all of Gen
of Mt. Ararat as scholars assume since 11:2
Noah's descendants] moved from
centuries, but clearly west of it.
[Masoretic wrongly "to"] the east, (Greek Old
they found a plain in the land of Testament)
3-Tigris 8. Tigris, goes over against And the name of the third is Tigris. Gen FAR FROM
2:14 Immediate proximity
Assyrians. It flows east [other translations: to Tigris River.
CLOSE HEAD- FAR FAR
"in front of"] of Assyria. WATERS
4-Euphrates 9. Euphrates And the fourth river is the Euphrates. Gen FAR FROM
2:14 Immediate proximity
FAR HEAD- FAR FAR
to Euphrates River.
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Plants 10. It should contain a wide variety And THEOS the KYRIOS took the Gen The slopes of Karaca Dağ provided the
2:15 site for the world's first domestication
Vegetation of native edible plants and very man and set him in the garden of
fertile soil. Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. of Einkorn !!!
The region is also known as the place of
The references to the right are both origin of different major crops
relevant for the 1st creation (Adam) and including lentils and chickpeas.
also 2nd creation (Noah). The seeds Noah
carried in the Ark had already the "DNA" The region is the most likely place
from this region (the seeds Adam planted where the grapevine was first
~2200 years earlier) and were the sole domesticated!
source / origin for the spread of all
future seeds.
Trees 11. It should include a magnificent And THEOS the KYRIOS caused to Gen While Karaca Dağ was covered by forest
2:9 vegetation 40-50 years ago, today,
tree population. grow every tree that was pleasing
to the sight and good for food. human activities threaten the plant
diversity at Karaca Dağ.
Cypresses (cedars) in the garden Eze tbd tbd tbd tbd
31:8
of THEOS could not be equal to it;
But all trees specified in Eze 31:8, are
silver fir trees could not resemble
found in Eastern Anatolia.
its branches, and pine (plane) trees
were not even like its branches ...
Residences 12. Adam lived opposite of Eden, And He cast out Adam and caused Gen
3.23-24
Geographic after Eden meaning most probably south him to dwell over against [or oppo-
Unknown location,
References of it - in the plain. site; not east as wrongly added in (Greek Old
but clear reference for
some translations] the garden of Testament)
immediate proximity.
Delight, and stationed the cherubs LIMITED
and the fiery sword ... SPACE TO tbd tbd tbd
THE EAST
13. Cain lived adjacent to Eden So Cain went forth from the pre- Gen
4:16
(unknown city or region of Nod). senceof THEOS and dwelt in the
land of Nod over against [not east (Greek Old Unknown location
Testament)
as wrongly added in some trans-
lations] Edem.
Lebanon 14. Possible indication that the ... I caused nations to shake when Eze
31:16
Garden of Eden was located I made it go down to Sheol [...] so
relatively close to Lebanon. in the world below all of the trees
Close to the Region FAR FAR FAR CLOSE
of Eden [delight], the choice and
the best of Lebanon, all the well-
watered trees were comforted!
Tyre 15. Possible indication that the city ... raise a lament over the king of Eze
28:13
(Lebanon) of Tyre was located relatively Tyre [...] “You were a perfect model
close to the Garden of Eden. of an example, full of wisdom and
Close to the Region FAR FAR FAR CLOSE
perfect of beauty. You were in Eden,
the garden of THEOS, and every pre-
cious stone was your adornment ...
Tel Assar 16. Probable indication that Eden Did the gods of the nations that my 2Kin
19:12
(Northern was located relatively close to predecessors destroyed deliver them?
Mesopotamia)
Gozan (Northern Syria) and Not Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, nor the Close proximity FAR FAR FAR CLOSE
Isa
Haran (Southeast Turkey). children of Eden who were in Tel 37:12
Assar.
Adam, 17. Adam can mean 'man', but it also ... and THEOS formed the man Gen The volcano is covered entirely by red
2:6-7 soil (basaltic soil) - visible on satellite tbd tbd tbd tbd
'Soft' Name of means 'red' in Hebrew (a´dam). of dust from the ground ...
images.
References
Aramean- 18. The modern flag of the 'surviving' "The eagle stands for strength Wikipedia
Syriac flag descendants of Aram should be and power. The flame symbolizes
considered in detail, because of the HOLY SPIRIT and the Christian
its surprising closeness to bibli- heritage of the Arameans. The four
cal symbols and the rivers des- stars represent the rivers in the Ara-
cribed in Genesis: mean homeland: Tigris, Euphrates,
Gihon and Pishon."
Birthplace 19. Ur of the Chaldees was not the And Haran died in the presence of Gen
Terah his father in the land of his 11:28
Abram city near the Persian Gulf but most Close proximity
probably the location of Sanliurfa. birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Flaming 20. This could refer either to the And He cast out Adam [...] and Gen
This location is surrounded by
3.23-24
Sword presence of an angel / cherubim, stationed the cherubs and the fiery mountains and accessible from the
or to a blockade e.g. in the form of sword ... plains in the south. The access to the
tbd tbd tbd tbd
an active volcano, intended by south could have been easily blocked by
THEOS to destroy at the same time the active volcano, as satellite images
parts of the garden. clearly show.
Footprint 21. Important sites of the Exodus, Every place on which the sole of your Deu
11:24
the conquest of Canaan, ... foot treads, it shall be yours; your
Satellite images show a footprint-
are often marked by giant foot- boundary shall be from the desert tbd tbd tbd tbd
shaped enclosure of the Garden of Eden.
prints, visible only from above. and Lebanon from the river, the river
Euphrates, on up to the western sea.
Noah's Ark 22. There are strong indications And Noah began to be a man of the Gen
The Karaca Dağ was formerly known as
9:20
that Noah and his family landed ground, and he planted a vineyard. Mount ‘Masia’ or ‘Mashu’. The
at the very same location of the Armenian name for Mount Ararat today
former Garden of Eden, where is also ‘Masis’.
CLOSE FAR FAR FAR
he found ideal conditions for
TO FROM FROM FROM
cultivating the first crops and A perfect footprint of the Ark has been
ALTER- ANY ANY ANY
grapes. See also 'Vegetation / found (yet to be excavated).
NATE POSSIBLE POSSIBLE POSSIBLE
Plants' above, with clear indi- LOCA- LOCA- LOCA- LOCA-
cations that most of the world's TION TION TION TION
first produce came from this Several very meaningful geoglyphs and
precise region. further geographic references had been
discovered recently.
▶ see also study "Flood"
I humbly and confidently claim the mystery to be solved. The Land of Eden had the Garden of Eden located in its east. Water coming up from numerous springs was
Epilogue there in abundance, feeding also four rivers that came out of the very same location. The first humans lived here, sinned and had been excluded. The only entrance to the
garden had then been sealed - and most of the garden had probably been eliminated and levelled due to the activity of the shield volcano, as satellite images still indicate today.
Thomas Lorenz, Vancouver, June 2021
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Total Length Karaca Dağ - Tigris Total Length Karaca Dağ - Euphrates Total Length Karaca Dağ - Persian Gulf Total Length Karaca Dağ - Persian Gulf
137 km 400 km 1,524 km 1,785 km
Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, [The 8 mountain peaks of Karaca Dağ are separated by a total distance of 21,23 km] Gen
2:10-14
Rivers and from there it diverged and became four branches.
The name of the first is the Pishon. [137 km] ...
Sorted And the name of the second is Gihon. [400 km]
by
And the name of the third is Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. [1.524 km] ...
Length And the fourth river is the Euphrates. [1.785 km]
Spring 37°45'05"N 39°49'14"E 1,720.42 m 37°39'00"N 39°50'15"E 1,878.72 m 37°40'02"N 39°50'38"E 1,799.39 m 37°41'47"N 39°49'51"E 1,812.36 m
Karaca Dağ
37°46'45"N 39°45'16"E
37°47'13"N 39°43'03"E 1,265.11 m
1,158.55 m 37°35'55"N 39°44'16"E 1,182.92 m 37°35'32"N 39°51'52"E 1,517.89 m 37°40'51"N 39°39'57"E 1,095.81 m
River 37°49'06"N 39°42'25"E 1,104.74 m 37°32'29"N 39°42'23"E 1,029.44 m 37°35'47"N 39°32'49"E 907.97 m
Elevation 37°51'52"N 39°42'26"E 1,030.64 m 37°28'47"N 39°39'02"E 887.81 m 37°34'27"N 39°56'54"E 1,214.69 m 37°36'27"N 39°22'37"E 735.15 m
Profiles 37°54'37"N 39°42'31"E 1,013.79 m 37°25'21"N 39°34'47"E 739.87 m 37°38'43"N 39°11'41"E 646.85 m
37°57'16"N 39°43'17"E 885.54 m 37°21'35"N 39°34'12"E 698.95 m 37°34'36"N 40°02'24"E 939.59 m 37°39'32"N 39°01'16"E 542.27 m
(the distance
Devegeçidi Dam
between the 37°59'59"N 39°44'57"E 820.28 m 37°17'49"N 39°33'59"E 613.87 m 37°41'12"N 38°52'38"E 539.70 m
data entries 38°02'24"N 39°47'51"E 768.03 m 37°14'17"N 39°36'42"E 571.34 m 37°36'26"N 40°07'42"E 877.50 m 37°36'55"N 38°42'43"E 539.08 m
Atatürk Dam
is ~8-15 km) 38°04'32"N 39°51'44"E 752.76 m 37°10'29"N 39°38'24"E 517.45 m 37°31'38"N 38°35'36"E 539.97 m
38°03'21"N 39°58'57"E 747.05 m 37°06'48"N 39°42'52"E 473.62 m 37°38'31"N 40°12'55"E 810.46 m 37°30'25"N 38°24'46"E 539.07 m
38°04'06"N 39°59'53"E 731.17 m 37°03'06"N 39°44'11"E 456.17 m 37°29'16"N 38°18'43"E 539.73 m
38°03'33"N 40°04'27"E 665.33 m 36°59'29"N 39°46'41"E 446.20 m 37°25'28"N 38°11'28"E 382.61 m
38°04'13"N 40°08'56"E 657.60 m 36°56'14"N 39°52'31"E 411.59 m 37°41'46"N 40°17'42"E 714.30 m 37°26'30"N 38°02'08"E 380.62 m
Birecik-Nizip Dam
38°06'08"N 40°12'14"E 611.87 m 36°52'51"N 39°58'24"E 366.67 m 37°22'19"N 37°54'55"E 379.29 m
38°04'53"N 40°15'17"E 602.30 m 36°49'23"N 40°03'53"E 347.66 m 37°17'15"N 37°51'17"E 379.35 m
38°01'48"N 40°15'19"E 594.56 m 36°45'37"N 40°04'36"E 338.76 m 37°45'18"N 40°21'01"E 668.04 m 37°11'49"N 37°50'26"E 379.38 m
37°58'52"N 40°14'33"E 586.37 m 36°42'09"N 40°11'12"E 334.81 m 37°07'23"N 37°52'15"E 379.30 m
37°55'43"N 40°14'26"E 581.69 m 36°40'12"N 40°18'22"E 327.74 m 37°03'09"N 37°52'39"E 379.95 m
37°52'40"N 40°13'49"E 573.75 m 36°36'49"N 40°22'56"E 321.96 m 37°48'22"N 40°19'14"E 600.62 m 36°58'14"N 37°59'12"E 338.82 m
37°50'12"N 40°16'17"E 569.91 m 36°34'05"N 40°30'09"E 314.80 m 36°52'06"N 38°02'19"E 337.01 m
37°49'24"N 40°18'36"E 569.67 m 36°32'59"N 40°36'46"E 305.76 m 37°49'24"N 40°18'36"E 569.67 m 36°47'22"N 38°02'00"E 327.15 m
Flows into Tigris 36°29'38"N 40°43'44"E 296.08 m 37°49'04"N 40°23'50"E 558.53 m 36°44'09"N 38°01'39"E 326.53 m
36°26'58"N 40°50'00"E 290.43 m 37°49'38"N 40°29'10"E 552.38 m 36°42'31"N 38°03'03"E 326.91 m
Ad Dughayrat
Dam
36°08'32"N 40°42'05"E 260.98 m 37°48'41"N 40°55'53"E 520.02 m 36°22'55"N 38°11'17"E 327.28 m
36°04'46"N 40°42'44"E 258.65 m 37°47'40"N 41°00'55"E 520.70 m 36°21'14"N 38°10'38"E 319.78 m
36°01'02"N 40°46'07"E 252.27 m 37°45'54"N 41°06'17"E 520.79 m 36°17'11"N 38°11'19"E 319.54 m
35°57'35"N 40°51'21"E 245.76 m 37°44'25"N 41°11'32"E 520.42 m 36°13'23"N 38°05'08"E 318.79 m
Ilisu Dam, Elevation at crest 530m
Euphrates / Tabqa
37°44'20"N 41°16'34"E 520.53 m 36°08'05"N 38°06'24"E 318.82 m
35°53'42"N 40°52'09"E 244.96 m 37°43'06"N 41°22'01"E 519.68 m 36°01'03"N 38°05'06"E 318.84 m
37°43'59"N 41°27'01"E 519.80 m 35°56'43"N 38°11'28"E 318.73 m
35°50'04"N 40°53'15"E 240.18 m 37°43'39"N 41°32'54"E 520.00 m 35°51'39"N 38°18'49"E 318.01 m
37°43'49"N 41°40'18"E 520.75 m 35°51'13"N 38°33'22"E 317.23 m
35°45'59"N 40°50'11"E 236.99 m 37°43'09"N 41°45'36"E 520.74 m 35°51'33"N 38°41'02"E 261.60 m
Dam
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