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 The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...

. It is a tributary of the

Karaj River The Karaj River is a river on the central plateau of Iran. It is the second largest river after Zayandarud in the central plateau region. About The Karaj River runs roughly 152 miles (245 km) in length. Its headwaters are in the Central Alborz ...

, 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.

References

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

Central Alborz mountain range map

See also

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