Hari Rud

The Rudkhaneh-ye Hari Rud (sometimes Harirud) is a river flowing from the mountains of central Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, where it disappears in the

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Kara-Kum desert. Rud means "river" in Persian.

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The river originates in the Koh-i Baba mountain range, part of Hindu Kush

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system, and follows a relatively straight course to the west.

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In western Afghanistan the Hari Rud flows to the south of Herat. The

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valley around Herat was historically famous for its fertility and dense

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cultivation. The river meets the Jam Rud at the site of the

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Minaret of Jam, said to be the second tallest minaret in the

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world at 65 metres.

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After Herat the river turns northwest, then north, forming

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the northern part of the border between Afghanistan and Iran. Further

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north it forms the south-eastern part of the border between Iran and Turkmenistan.

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In Turkmenistan it is known as the Tejen or Tedzhen river and it passes close to the city of Tedzhen. In Latin, it was known as the Arius.

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Afghanistan: Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: ?????????, Af??nist?n) is a country in Asia. It is in Central Asia and fringes upon South Asia and is sometimes allocated to one of these regions and it is often considered part of the Middle East due to its location on the Iranian plateau. It is bordered by Iran in...

Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan, formerly known as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran (Persia), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea....

Hari Rud related Images and Photos (experimental)

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