Tschandyr

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Tschandyr
Jschergelan
Data
location Iran , Turkmenistan
River system Atrak
Drain over Sumbar  → Atrak  → Caspian Sea
source in the Kopet-Dag Mountains
38 ° 3 ′ 17 ″  N , 57 ° 0 ′ 12 ″  E
muzzle Sumbar coordinates: 38 ° 14 ′ 17 "  N , 55 ° 41 ′ 27"  E 38 ° 14 ′ 17 "  N , 55 ° 41 ′ 27"  E

length 90 km
Catchment area 1820 km²
Drain HHQ (1963) 422 m³ / s
Communities Baghleq , Bacheh Darreh
Tschandyr (Turkmenistan)
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Relief map of Turkmenistan with the source and mouth of the Tschandyr

The Tschandyr (in Iran : Dschergelan ) is a left tributary of the Samur in northeastern Iran and in southwestern Turkmenistan .

The Tschandyr has its source in the Kopet Dag Mountains in the Iranian province of North Khorasan . It flows in a west-northwest direction. He passes the places Baghleq and Bacheh Darreh . Later the river crosses the border with Turkmenistan. Eventually he reaches the Samur River, which flows west to the Atrak .

The Tschandyr has a length of 90 km. Its catchment area covers 1820 km². In the summer months, the Tschandyr river runs dry. The highest measured discharge on the Tschandyr was measured in 1963 and was 422 m³ / s.

Some of the river water is diverted for irrigation purposes .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g Article Tschandyr in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D121446~2a%3D~2b%3DTschandyr