{"id":358163,"date":"2026-03-14T15:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358163"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:27:42","slug":"karun-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/karun-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Karun River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Iran is widely discussed in news, and the Karun River gained attention because bull shark attacks have occurred in its waters near Ahvaz.<\/p>\n<h2>About Karun River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358168\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-358168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karun River\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C756&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-Britannica-1-1.jpg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Karun River is the river with the<strong> highest water flow in Iran<\/strong> and it is the <strong>country<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s only navigable river.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The river originates in the<strong> Zard Kuh Mountains of the Zagros Range <\/strong>in<strong> western Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Karun River is about <strong>950 km long<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Tributaries:<\/strong> Important tributaries of the river include<strong> Dez, Kuhrang, Vanak, <\/strong><strong>Bazoft<\/strong><strong>, and Khersan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlet:<\/strong> The Karun flows <strong>into the Arvand Rud<\/strong>, where its water joins the <strong>Tigris and Euphrates,<\/strong> and <strong>finally reaches the Persian Gulf.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bifurcation:<\/strong> The river divides into two branches, <strong>Bahmanshir<\/strong> and <strong>Haffar<\/strong>, near its delta.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Island of Abadan<\/strong> lies between these two branches of the river.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>port city of Khorramshahr<\/strong> is separated from <strong>Abadan Island<\/strong> by the <strong>Haffar branch<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Dams:<\/strong> Major dams on the river <strong>include Masjed Soleyman Dam, Shahid Abbaspour Dam (Karun-1), Karun-3, Karun-4, and Gotvand Dam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Iran is widely discussed in news, and the Karun River gained attention because bull shark attacks have occurred in its waters near Ahvaz. About Karun River The Karun River is the river with the highest water flow in Iran and it is the country\u2019s only navigable river. 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