KARUN RIVER


Meaning of KARUN RIVER in English

River, southwestern Iran.

A tributary of the Shatt al-Arab , it rises in the Bakht 012B; 0101; r 012B; Mountains and flows through mountains for 515 mi (829 km). The 1E24; aff 0101; r Channel, dug in 986, changed its course, causing frontier disputes between Iran and the Ottoman Empire; Iran gained the right to the waterway by treaty in 1847.

Dam on the K 0101; r 016B; n River, Iran

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