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The 'Karūn' (also spelled as Karoun) 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
Diz 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, or ''Arvand Rud'', river, emptying into the Persian Gulf. The important Island of
Abadan is located between these two branches of the Karun. The port city of
Khorramshahr is divided from the Island of Abadan by the Haffar branch.
History
Famous Documentary "Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life" (1926) tells the story of Bakhtiari tribe crossing this river with 50,000 people and 500,000 animals.
It was here during the
Iran-Iraq War that the Iranians stopped the early Iraqi advance. With its limited military stocks, Iran unveiled its "
human wave" assaults which used thousands of
Basij (Popular Mobilization Army or People's Army) volunteers.
External Links
Derelict vessels and a bridge over the Karun in Khorramshahr
References
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