Shahrood or Shah-Rud ( fa, شاهرود, Shāhrūd, literally meaning ''The great river'' or ''the river of the king''), also translated as ''Shah River'', is a river of 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 ...

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The Shahrood originates on the slopes of the

Takht-e Suleyman Massif Takht-e Soleyman Massif ( fa, گرانکوه تخت سليمان) is a subrange of central Alborz The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border ...

at 4850 m. ()."Introduction - Drainage Basins - Caspian Sea"
''Freshwater Fishes of Iran'' The Taliqan and

Alamut Alamut ( fa, الموت) is a region in Iran including western and eastern parts in the western edge of the Alborz (Elburz) range, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran provinc ...

rivers conjoin to form the Shahrood river.Campbell, Anthony (2004) "A Visit to Alamut (1966)
''The Assassins of Alamut''
p. 6. The Alamut river, the northern tributary, starts near the summit of

Alam-Kuh ʿAlam-Kūh ( fa, علم‌کوه; also: ''Alam Kooh'') – Mount Alam – is a mountain in Alborz mountain range in north of Iran, Mazandaran Province, forming a peak of Takht-e Suleyman Massif. It is located in Kelardasht District of Mazandara ...

, the second highest peak in Iran, and flows through a steep gorges. The Shahrood then flows westward through the southern

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 ...

to its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

with the

Sefid River 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 ...

. It is a right-hand tributary of the Sefid River, which then flows north through the Alborz into 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 ...

. The Shahrood is about long.

Central Alborz mountain range map

The Shahrood is #12 on the map's left.

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Flickr.com: Shah River photo
Rivers of Mazandaran Province Alborz (mountain range) Tributaries of the Sefīd-Rūd {{Iran-river-stub

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Central Alborz mountain range map

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