The Quri River or Quru Chay or Quri Chay ( fa, قورو چای; az, Quru Çay قورو چای) is a river in
East Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia ...
province of
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 ...
. It arises in the mountains east of
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
and joins the
Aji Chay
Aji or AJI may refer to:
Location
*Aji (town), Tieling County, Liaoning, China
* Aji Island, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
*Aji, Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
* Aji River (disambiguation), rivers with the same name
Other
*Aji (Go), a latent tro ...
just northeast of central Tabriz. The river divides Tabriz into northern and southern parts which are connected to each other by several bridges. The two
Ghari Bridge
Qari Bridge is a historic stone bridges in Tabriz, Iran, over the Quri River. It has been built during Qajar dynasty, and is a part of Seghat-ol-eslam street, connecting Bazaar of Tabriz to the northern districts of Tabriz, among them Sheshgelan ...
s, beside each other, are the most famous and historic of the bridges over the river. The
Sangi Bridge is also of historic interest.
The river is limited by two
flood control
Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters."Flood Control", MSN Encarta, 2008 (see below: Further reading). Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water level ...
walls and two southern and northern parkways calls
Chaykenar Parkway
Chaykenar Highway are two highways North and South of the Quri River in Tabriz. The overall length of the Chaykenar Highways is about 10 km, which connects far eastern and western districts of Tabriz. Part of the Chaykenar Highways, near to i ...
, which almost bisect Tabriz through the middle to northern and southern half. The Chaykenar Parkways connect the most eastern and western parts of the city.
The name "Quri Chay" means "dry river", and at the end of the Twentieth Century the water, when present, was polluted and undrinkable.
[Sabri-Tabrizi, Gholam-Reza (1989) ''Iran: A Child's Story, a Man's Experience'' International Publishers, New York]
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File:قاری کورپوسی - panoramio.jpg, Qari Bridge over Quri Chay.
File:پل سنگی - panoramio.jpg, Pole-Sanghi over Quri River.
Chay kenar - Tabriz.jpg, Chay Kenar highway at night.
Notes
Rivers of Tabriz
Landforms of East Azerbaijan Province
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