Karun River (Ahvaz)

Iran / Khuzestan / Ahvaz

Karun (also Karoun, Persian: رود کارون) is Iran's most effluent, and the only navigable, river. It is 450 miles (720 km) long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Dez and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzestan province of Iran, the city of Ahvaz.

The Karun continues toward the Persian Gulf, forking into two primary branches on its delta: the Bahmanshir and the Haffar that joins the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand Rud), emptying into the Persian Gulf. The important Island of Abadan is located between these two branches of the Karun.
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Coordinates:   31°18'49"N   48°41'3"E

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