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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
With its limited military stocks, Iran unveiled its "human wave" assaults which used thousands of Basij (Popular Mobilization Army or People's Army) volunteers. In September 2009, three districts of Basra province in southern Iraq were declared disaster-hit areas as a result of Iran's construction of new dams on the Karun.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Iran" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 ...
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]
The rivers flow in a south-easterly direction through the central plain and combine at Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab and discharge into the Persian Gulf. [1] The rivers and their tributaries drain an area of 879,790 square kilometres (339,690 sq mi), [2] including almost the entire area of Iraq as well as portions of Turkey, Syria, Iran ...
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
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]
Map of rivers in South Iran. The Shur is a river in southern Iran that flows into the Gulf of Oman in Hormozgan. [1] The river flows through the arid Lut Desert. [2] [3] [4] In 2005, NASA's Aqua satellite recorded surface temperature in the area at 70.7 °C. The salinity of the river derives from the salt rock in the hills near the headwaters ...