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The Qom River or Qom Roud ( fa, رودخانه قم‌رود) is a large river in Iran that receives its water from 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 ...
and mounds into the Namak Lake. The Qom River flows through the city of Qom, and together with the Qareh Su it gains a length of approximately . The water level strongly fluctuates between 312 m³/s and only 4 m³/s. This is partially the effect of taking water for irrigation. In 2014, the
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ranked the Qom basin as "extremely high" for water stress.


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Landforms of Qom Province Rivers of Qom Province {{Iran-river-stub