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The Karun-3 dam, one of the many large power dams on the Karun River. Arvand Rud. Haffar, originally an artificial channel now forming the estuary of the Karun; Karun River . Marun River
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Major rivers like the Arvand, Aras, Zayandeh, Sefid and Atrak were few and far between in Persia. With the growth of urban settlements during the ages, locally dug deep wells (up to 100 meters deep) could no longer keep up with the demand, leading to the systematic digging of a specialized network of canals known as Qanat .
The Tigris–Euphrates Basin is shared between Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait. [6] [3] [4] [5] [7] Many tributaries of the Tigris river originate in Iran, and the Shatt al-Arab, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, makes up a portion of the Iran–Iraq border, with Kuwait's Bubiyan Island being part of its delta.
Turkey Syria Iran and Iraq: Euphrates River: Akhurian River Armenia and Turkey: Aras River Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and Armenia: Hezil Suyu Iraq and Turkey: Jordan River Israel and Jordan: Jordan River State of Palestine and Jordan: Khabur (Tigris) Iraq and Turkey: Shatt al-Arab or Arvand rud Iraq and Iran: Wadi al Batin Iraq and Kuwait
The Zayandeh used to have significant flow all year long, unlike many of Iran's rivers which are seasonal, but today it runs dry due to water extraction before reaching the city of Esfahan. In the early 2010s, the lower reaches of the river dried out completely after several years of seasonal dry-outs. [3]
Iran was constructing 88 small and large dams in 2007. [1] [2] On average, close to two billion cubic meters of water are added to the country's water reserves annually. [3] As of 2010, Iran has constructed 588 dams (big and small), with 137 more under construction and 546 planned. [citation needed]
The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب, lit. 'River of the Arabs'; Persian: اروندرود, romanized: Arvand Rud, lit. 'Swift River' [5]) is a river about 200 kilometres (120 mi) in length that is formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq.