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The Murat River ((トルコ語:Murat Nehri)), or Eastern Euphrates is the major source of the Euphrates. The river was called Arsanias ((アルメニア語:Արածանի)) in antiquity. It originates near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in Eastern Turkey, and flows westward for through mountainous area. Before construction of the Keban Dam, the Murat River joined the Karasu north the dam site and north the town of Keban. In Muş Province, the river is interrupted by the Alpaslan-1 Dam which was completed in 2009. In 2016 the Alpaslan-2 Dam is expected to be complete and is located downstream of Alpaslan-1. The river merges into the reservoir of Turkey's once largest dam, the Keban Dam, which was completed in 1974 and is designed to provide electrical power.〔 〕 ==Name== The present name is usually connected with the Turkish name ''Murat'' or its appellative ''murat'' "purpose, intention, desire". But this may be a folk etymology, so Hrach Martirosyan tentatively proposes derivation from Old Armenian ''mōrat'', ''murat'' “mud, marsh”.〔Hrach Martirosyan, ''Armenian ''mawr'' ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value'', Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies, (vol. 4.1, pp. 73–85 and 179–180 (Summary in Armenian) (2009) )〕 The river was called Arșania in sources of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and Arsanias in Classical Greek and Roman times. Those forms may derive from an Armenian original (Արածանի ''Aratsani''), itself from an Indo-European root for 'white, bright'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murat River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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