Euphrates Lake

Euphrates Lake, also known as Lake Tabqa, and formerly known as Lake Assad, is a on the in , . It was created in 1974 when construction of the was completed.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir on the Syrian Euphrates
  • Also known as: “Bahret Assad”, “Bahret Assad, Buhayrat al Assad, Lake Assad, Buḩayrat al Asad”, “Buhayrat al Asad”, “Buḩayrat al Asad”, “Buhayrat al Assad”, “Lake Assad”, and “Lake of Tabqa”

Euphrates Lake

Latitude
35.99917° or 35° 59′ 57″ north
Longitude
38.16806° or 38° 10′ 5″ east
Elevation
302 metres (991 feet)
Open location code
8G7WX5X9+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573543367
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
172869
Wiki­data ID
Q979315
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Satellite Map

Discover Euphrates Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Euphrates Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الأسد”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الطبقة”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الفرات”
  • Belarusian: “Асад”
  • Belarusian: “Вадасховішча Эль-Асад”
  • Belarusian: “Табка”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Асад”
  • Belarusian: “Эўфрацкае возера”
  • Bengali: “আসাদ হ্রদ”
  • Catalan: “Buhayrat al Furat”
  • Catalan: “Estany d’al Asad”
  • Catalan: “Estany de l’Eufrates”
  • Cebuano: “Buḩayrat al Furat”
  • Chinese: “Assad Ô͘”
  • Chinese: “阿薩德湖”
  • Czech: “Asadovo jezero”
  • Czech: “Eufratské jezero”
  • Czech: “přehrada Tabka”
  • Dutch: “Assadmeer”
  • Dutch: “Eufraatmeer”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭfrata Lago”
  • French: “Buhayrat al Asad”
  • French: “Lac Assad”
  • French: “Lac de l’Euphrate”
  • German: “Buhayrat al Asad”
  • German: “Euphratsee”
  • Hebrew: “אגם אסד”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Assad”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Efrat”
  • Italian: “lago Assad”
  • Italian: “lago dell’Eufrate”
  • Italian: “Lago dell’Eufrate”
  • Japanese: “アサド湖”
  • Japanese: “タブカ湖”
  • Japanese: “ユーフラテス湖”
  • Korean: “아사드호”
  • Lithuanian: “Asadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Asado ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Asado tvenkinys”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Assad Ô͘”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eufratsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Assadsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eufratsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Eufratsjøen”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Euphrates Lake”
  • Persian: “دریاچه اسد”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Eufratu”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Assad”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Eufrates”
  • Russian: “Эль-Асад”
  • Russian: “Эль-Фурат”
  • Slovenian: “Evfratsko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Asad”
  • Spanish: “Lago del Éufrates”
  • Swedish: “Asadsjön”
  • Swedish: “Eufratsjön”
  • Turkish: “Esad Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Fırat Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Tabka Baraj Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Євфрат”
  • Uzbek: “Frot ko‘li”
  • Uzbek: “Furot koʻli”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Euphrates”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Assad”

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