The river originates in the Koh-i Baba mountain range, part of Hindu Kush system, and follows a relatively straight course to the west.
In western Afghanistan the Hari Rud flows to the south of Herat. The valley around Herat was historically famous for its fertility and dense cultivation. The river meets the Jam Rud at the site of the Minaret of Jam, said to be the second tallest minaret in the world at 65 metres.
After Herat the river turns northwest, then north, forming the northern part of the border between Afghanistan and Iran. Further north it forms the south-eastern part of the border between Iran and Turkmenistan.
In Turkmenistan it is known as the Tedzhen river and it passes close to the city of Tedzhen.
External links
Minaret of Jam - http://www.unesco.org/bpi/eng/unescopress/2002/02-45e.shtml
A map showing the river (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/afghanistan_topo86.jpg) from the Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection
HariRud, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in the Kuh-e Baba range, central Afghanistan, and flowing west and then north into the steppes S of the Kara Kum desert in Turkmenistan; its lower course forms part of the Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border.
We camped by the green waters of the HariRud, on white beaches shaded with red rocks...
In the midst of fields and orchards crisscrossed by irrigation canals stood towers of beaten earth pierced with large...
The Rudkhaneh-ye HariRud (sometimes Harirud) is a river flowing 1100 kilometers from the mountains of central Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, where it disappears in the Kara-Kum desert.
In western Afghanistan the HariRud flows to the south of Herat.
The river meets the Jam Rud at the site of the Minaret of Jam, said to be the second tallest minaret in the world at 65 meters.
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