Sefid Rud

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Sefid Rud
The catchment area of ​​the Sefid Ruds

The catchment area of ​​the Sefid Ruds

Data
location in northwest Iran
River system Sefid Rud
source Kuh-e Tschehel Tscheschmeh / Zāgros Mountains ( Kordestān Province )
muzzle around 50 km northeast of Rasht in the Caspian Sea Coordinates: 37 ° 28 '9 "  N , 49 ° 56' 32"  E 37 ° 28 '9 "  N , 49 ° 56' 32"  E
Mouth height 28  m below sea level

length 670 km
Catchment area 13,450 km²
Big cities Rascht

The Sefid Rud ( Persian سفیدرود) or Rud-e Safid ( White River ) is a 670 km long river in northwestern Iran . The Sefid Rud rises at Kuh-e Tschehel Tscheschmeh (کوه چهل چشمه; Forty Sources Mountain ) in the Zāgros Mountains in the province of Kordestān and flows into Hassan Kiadeh (حسن کیاده) northeast of the city of Rasht in the province of Gilan in the Caspian Sea . It is the second largest river in Iran after the Karun .

On his way to the Caspian Sea, the Sefid Rud dug a passage through the Elburs Mountains - the Manchil Gate. This gate forms an important route between Tehran and Gilan on the Caspian coast.

Above the gate and the confluence of the Schahrud (شاهرود) the river is also called Qezel Uzan (قزل اوزن; Azerbaijani Qızılüzən ). In ancient times it was called Mardus or Amardus. The river is known for its abundance of fish - especially for the Caspian trout ( Salmo trutta caspius ) - and for its gold guide .

Between 1956 and 1962, the Schahbanu-Farah Dam was built at the confluence of the Schahrud and Qezel Uzan rivers (سد شهبانو فرح) built. Today it is called the Sefid Rud dam or Mandschil dam (سد منجیل; سد سفیدرود). The water from the reservoir is used to irrigate an area of ​​2380 km² in the Gilan plain, including for rice cultivation. The hydropower plant located on the dam has an output of 87 MW.

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  1. ↑ LS Fortescue: The Western Elburz and Persian Azerbaijan . The Geographical Journal 63, No. 4, April 1924, pp. 301-315, here p. 303.
  2. ↑ LS Fortescue: The Western Elburz and Persian Azerbaijan . The Geographical Journal 63, Issue 4, April 1924, pp. 301–315, here p. 310.
    HC Rawlinson: Notes on a Journey from Tabríz, Through Persian Kurdistán, to the Ruins of Takhti-Soleïmán, and from Thence by Zenján and Ṭárom, to Gílán, in October and November, 1838; With a memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana . In: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 10 (1840), pp. 1-64, here p. 64.
  3. ^ Peter Beaumont: Water Resource Development in Iran . The Geographical Journal 140, No. 3, 1974, pp. 418-431, here p. 428.
  4. ^ J. Price Gittinger: Planning and Agricultural Policy in Iran: Program Effects and Indirect Effects . Economic Development and Cultural Change 16, No. 1, October 1967, pp. 107–117, here p. 110.
    Jane Perry Clark Carey, Andrew Galbraith Carey: Iranian Agriculture and Its Development: 1952–1973 . International Journal of Middle East Studies 7, Issue 3, 1976, pp. 359–382, here p. 372.