Zayandeh Rud

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Zayandeh Rud
Zayandeh river map.png
Data
location Central Iran
source Zāgros Mountains
Source height 3974  m
muzzle Lake Gawchuni Coordinates: 32 ° 15 ′ 45 "  N , 52 ° 54 ′ 30"  E 32 ° 15 ′ 45 "  N , 52 ° 54 ′ 30"  E
Mouth height 1466  m
Height difference 2508 m
Bottom slope 6.3 ‰
length 400 km
Big cities Isfahan
Si-o-se Pol, the 33-arch bridge over the Zayandeh Rud

Si-o-se Pol , the 33-arch bridge over the Zayandeh Rud

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The Zayandeh or Zayandeh Rud ( Persian زاینده‌رود; Zayandeh 'life-giving' and Rud 'river') is a river that flows through Isfahan in Iran .

The river has its source in the Zāgros Mountains in the province of Tschahār Mahāl and Bachtiyāri and flows into the province of Isfahan , where, after around 400 kilometers, it flows into Lake Gawchuni , a seasonal salt lake and a former marshland in the southeast of Isfahan. The river was the richest in water in central Iran and one of the few that carried water all year round. In the urban area of ​​Isfahan, where it is accompanied by parks on both sides, the river was dammed so that it expanded to several times the width. Since the end of the 2000s, it has dried up for much of the year due to overexploitation of groundwater and surface water and decreasing rainfall.

bridges

Several new and old bridges cross the river. The oldest is the Pol-e Schahrestan from the 5th century AD, the last one to date was added in 2000.

Bridges on the Zayandeh Rud River in Isfahan
  • Schahrestan Bridge , built in the 5th century (pedestrian)
  • Marnan Bridge , built in 1599 (pedestrian)
  • Tschubi (Dschui) bridge, built in the 17th century (pedestrian)
  • Si-o-se Pol , built in 1632 (pedestrian)
  • Pol-e Khadschu , built in 1650 (pedestrian)
  • Felezi Bridge, built in 1950
  • Bozorgmehr, built in the 1970s
  • Wahid Bridge, built in 1976
  • Azar Bridge, built in 1976
  • Firdausi Bridge, built in 1980
  • Ghadir Bridge, built in 2000

literature

  • François Molle u. a .: Buying respite. Esfahan and the Zayandeh Rud River basin, Iran . In the S. u. a. (Ed.): River Basin Trajectories. Societies, environments and development (Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series; Vol. 8). CABI, Wallingford 2009, ISBN 978-1-84593-538-2 .

Web links

Commons : Zayandeh Rud  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ When water becomes an illusion , NZZ , June 18, 2018, page 5, title of the print edition