Karun River passing the Iranian city of Ahvaz

The Karun (also Karoun) is Iran's most effluent, and the only navigable, river. It is 450 miles (720 km) long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiyari/Bakhtiari district in the Zagros range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Diz and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzistan/Khuzestan province of Iran, the city of Ahvaz. Image File history File linksMetadata Ahvaz_pol. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ahvaz_pol. ... The city of Ahvaz sometimes transcribed Ahwaz [1] (Persian: اهواز ahvāz); , is capital of the Iranian province of Khuzestan. ... River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ... Zard Kuh, Zardkuh or Zard-e Kuh-e Bakhtiari (in Persian: زردكوه بختياري )is a perpetually snow-covered peak in central Zagros. ... The Bakhtiari (or Bakhtiyari) are a group of southwestern Iranian people. ... The Zagros Mountains (In Persian:رشته‌کوه‌های زاگرس) make up Irans second largest mountain range. ... Map showing Khuzestan in Iran Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... The city of Ahvaz sometimes transcribed Ahwaz [1] (Persian: اهواز ahvāz); , is capital of the Iranian province of Khuzestan. ...

The Karun continues toward the Persian Gulf, forking into two primary branches on its delta: the Bahmanshir and the Haffar that joins the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand River in Persian), emptying into the Gulf. The important Island of Abadan is located between these two branches of the Karun. The port city of Khorramshahr is divided from the Island of Abadan by the Haffar branch. It has been suggested that Persian Gulf States be merged into this article or section. ... Delta may refer to: Look up delta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب, Stream of the Arabs) or Arvand (called اروندرود: arvandrÅ«d in Persian), also called the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, is a river in Southwest Asia of some 200 km in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al... The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب) or Arvand (called اروندرود: arvandrūd in Persian), also called the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, is a river in Southwest Asia of some 200 km in length, formed by the... Persian (local name: FārsÄ« or PārsÄ« ) is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Arvand river between Abadan (left) and khorramshahr (right). ... Khorramshahr (Persian: خرمشهر) is a port city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (Persia). ...

History

Famous Documentary "Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life" (1926) tells the story of Bakhtiari tribe crossig this river with 50,000 people and 500,000 animals.

It was here during the Iran-Iraq War that the Iranians stopped the early Iraqi advance. With its limited military stocks, Iran unveiled its "human wave" assaults which used thousands of Basij (Popular Mobilization Army or People's Army) volunteers. Combatants  Iran Iraq Commanders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Abolhassan Banisadr Ali Shamkhani Mostafa Chamran† Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Strength 305,000 soldiers 500,000 Passdaran and Baseej militia 1,000 tanks 1,000 armored vehicles 3,000 artillery pieces 65 aircraft 720 helicopters[1] 190,000 soldiers 4,500... Basij (also Bassij or Baseej, Persian: ‎), is an Islamic Republic paramilitary force that was founded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in November of 1979 to provide volunteers for human wave attacks in the Iran-Iraq War. ...