Kaschaf
Kaschaf Kaschaf Rūd |
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location | Razavi-Chorāsān ( Iran ) | |
River system | Hari Rud | |
Drain over | Hari Rud → Karakum Desert | |
source | in the Binālūd Mountains 36 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ N , 58 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ E |
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muzzle | in the Hari Rud coordinates: 35 ° 57 '54 " N , 61 ° 7' 8" E 35 ° 57 '54 " N , 61 ° 7' 8" E |
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Mouth height |
402 m
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length | 290 km | |
Big cities | Mashhad | |
Medium-sized cities | Chenaran | |
The course of the Kaschaf river in northeastern Iran |
The Kaschaf ( Persian کشف, DMG Kašaf ) or Kaschaf Rūd (also Kashaf Rūd Persian کشفرود, 'Turtle River ') is a river in northeastern Iran .
The source of the river is in the Binālūd Mountains region in the Razavi-Chorāsān Province . Its total length is approximately 290 km. The course of the Kaschaf leads past the city of Chenaran and the provincial capital Mashhad further east to the border with Turkmenistan . There it flows below the Doosti Dam into the Tedschen (or Hari Rūd, in Turkmen Tejen ) coming from Afghanistan , which forms the border between Iran and Turkmenistan over a distance of about 100 km and in an oasis in the sandy Desert region of the Kārākum in Turkmenistan ends.
In Iranian mythology , kashaf refers to a river on which a dragon lived.
See also
- Kaschafrūd , archaeological site