The Jajrud (Jājrūd), also spelled as Jajrood, Djadjéroud or Djaderoud, is a river in northern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

that passes through the provinces of Mazandaran and

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. It flows south through the central Alborz mountain range. It is a tributary of the Karaj River, which empties into the

endorheic An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...

Namak Lake basin.

Central Alborz mountain range map

Number 5 on the lower side of map shows the Jajrud.

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Rivers of Mazandaran Province Alborz (mountain range) Landforms of Tehran Province Rivers of Tehran Province {{Iran-river-stub

Central Alborz mountain range map

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