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Ghezel Ozan ( fa, قزل اوزن / ''Qezel Owzan'') is one of the longest rivers in Iran, originating from the Chehel Cheshmeh Mountains between
Saqqez
Saqqez ( ; fa, سقز ; ), also known as Saghez, Saqez, Saqqiz, Saqiz, and Sakīz, is the capital city of Saqqez County in Kurdistan Province, in northwestern Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 165,258.
Etymology
The nam ...
and
Divandarreh
Divandarreh ( fa, ديواندره, Kurdish: Dîwandere – دیواندهره, also Romanized as Dīvāndarreh, Dīvān Darreh, Dīvan Darra, and Dīwān Darreh) is a city and capital of Divandarreh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At ...
in
Kurdistan Province flowing 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 ...
.
It flows through
Kurdistan Province,
Zanjan Province,
East Azerbaijan Province
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, ...
,
Ardabil Province, and
Gilan Province.
It is one of two tributaries forming the
Sefid-Rud
The Sefid-Rud ( fa, سفیدرود, lit=white river, glk, اسپي بيه, ''Espī bīeh'') (also known as Sepid-Rud) is a river approximately long, rising in the Alborz mountain range of northwestern Iran and flowing generally northeast to ent ...
river, with the
Shahrood
Shahrood ( fa, شاهرود, also Romanized as Shâhrūd, and Shahroud; also known as Shârūd) is a city and capital of Shahrood County, Semnan Province, Iran.
Situated about an altitude of 1345 m, it is located at latitude 36°25'N, longitu ...
. The Sefīd-Rūd is a major river and tributary of the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
.
Course
The Ghezel Ozan
headwaters
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
The ...
are 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 ...
, in a region near
Divan Darreh in
Kurdistan Province. It runs northeastwards through
Miyaneh County in
East Azarbaijan
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, ...
and then
Khalkhal County
Khalkhal County ( fa, شهرستان خلخال; az, شهرستان خلخالخالخال بؤلگهسی) is in Ardabil province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khalkhal. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 92 ...
in
Ardabil Province and then
Zanjan County
Zanjan County ( fa, شهرستان زنجان) is in Zanjan province, 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 t ...
and
Tarom County
Tarom County ( fa, شهرستان طارم) is located in Zanjan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Ab Bar
Ab Bar or Abbar ( fa, آب بر, also Romanized as Āb Bar; also known as Obar and Ubār) is a city in and capital of Tarom C ...
in
Zanjan Province eastwards through the
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 ...
in
Gilan Province.
At
Rudbar
Rudbar ( fa, رودبار, Rudbār) ( Gilaki:, ''rubâr'') is a city and capital of Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,454, in 3,303 families.
Rudbar is from Tehran and with a variable climate. It ...
in the southwestern Alborz, it joins the
Shah Rud−Shahrood river to form the
Sefīd-Rūd
The Sefid-Rud ( fa, سفیدرود, lit=white river, glk, اسپي بيه, ''Espī bīeh'') (also known as Sepid-Rud) is a river approximately long, rising in the Alborz mountain range of northwestern Iran and flowing generally northeast to ent ...
river (meaning White River in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
). Then the Sefid-Rud flows northwards in Gilan Province, through the Alborz range to the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
.
Nomenclature
Sometimes the Ghezel Ozan and the Sefīd-Rūd are considered as one river, and the words "Ghezel Ozan" and "Sefid-Rud" are used synonymously for the entire river that flows from the Zagros Mountains in Kordestan Province to the Caspian Sea.
[Microsoft Encarta World Atlas 2001, Microsoft Corporation] That definition's full river length is approximately , making it Iran's second longest river after the
Karun
The Karun ( fa, کارون, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and its only navigable river. It is long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as t ...
.
See also
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References
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Rivers of Kurdistan Province
Rivers of East Azerbaijan province
Landforms of Ardabil Province
Landforms of East Azerbaijan Province
Landforms of Gilan Province
Landforms of Zanjan Province
Alborz (mountain range)
Tributaries of the Sefīd-Rūd
Saqqez County