Kor River (also Kur River; fa, رود کر) is located in the Fars Province of Iran. The sources of the river are mostly in the

Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوه‌های زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgro ...

near Mount

Dena Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Prov ...

. It flows into the

Bakhtegan Lake Lake Bakhtegan ( fa, دریاچۀ بختگان) was a salt lake in Fars Province, southern Iran, about east of Shiraz and west of the town of Neyriz. Bakhtegan, with a surface area of , was Iran's second-largest lake. It was fed by the Kor ...

, which is a salt lake. The increased salinity level of the lake is due to the decrease in river flow.Introduction - Drainage Basins - Kor River
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Description

The irrigation of the river basin is facilitated by the various hydraulic facilities that were built. For example, the Droudzan/

Doroodzan Dam Doroodzan Dam is an earthen dam in Fars Province, Iran, about north of Shiraz. Completed in 1974 and built primarily for irrigation water storage, flood control, and municipal water storage, the facility is also a hydroelectric dam with an insta ...

was built in 1972, near

Marvdasht Marvdasht ( fa, مرودشت, also romanized as Marv Dasht) is a city and the capital of Marvdasht County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123,858, in 29,134 families. Name Some historians hold that Marvdasht was o ...

. The river is never completely dry because it is fed by the snowmelt of Zagros, except for the delta in the summer. Several canals were built along the river. Many problems of river pollution also cause disturbances in the fauna and flora of the river. There are dams at Band-e-Amir, Feiz Abbd, Tilakan, Mawan, Hassan Abad, and Abbd Jahan. Other ancient names of this river are Araxes of Persia, also known as Aras. The main tributary of Kor is the Pulvar/Polvar (or Sivand) River. It was formerly also called Medus.

Archaeology

The ancient necropolis of

Naqsh-e Rustam Naqsh-e Rostam (literal translation, lit. mural of Rostam, fa, نقش رستم ) is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran. A collection of ancient Iranian rock relie ...

is located on the Pulvar River. The

Sivand dam Sivand Dam is a dam built in 2007 in Fars Province, Iran.Bolaghi Gorge Tangeh Bolāghi, also transliterated as ''Tange-ye Bolāghi'' ( fa, تنگه بلاغی), or Bolāghi Gorge, is an archaeologically significant valley consisting of 130 ancient settlements, dating back to the period between 5000 BCE and the Sassani ...

, or Tangeh Bolāghi, near

Sivand Sivand ( fa, سيوند, also Romanized as Sīvand) is a village in Khafrak-e Olya, Marvdasht County, Fars Province, Iran. It is located in the Sivand valley and is mostly known for the nearby Sivand Dam. At the 2006 census, its population was ...

in 2007, flooding many ancient sites. Bolaghi Gorge is an archaeologically significant valley consisting of 130 ancient settlements going back as early as 5000 BCE. The first dam on the river was made south of

Persepolis , native_name_lang = , alternate_name = , image = Gate of All Nations, Persepolis.jpg , image_size = , alt = , caption = Ruins of the Gate of All Nations, Persepolis. , map = , map_type ...

during the reign of

Darius the Great Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his d ...

between 521 and 485 BC.Masomeh Zand, Farshid Morshedi et Mahmud Javan
Rehabilitation of ancient diversion dams of kor river in Fars province, Iran
2007

Notes

Bibliography

Ecological study of rotifers from Kor river, Fars, Iran
*Keshavarzi Ali Reza et Nabavi, S. H.
Dominant discharge in the Kor river, Fars province, Iran

External links

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