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Karun
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Ka·run  (k-rn, kä-)
A river of western Iran flowing about 724 km (450 mi) west and south into the Shatt al Arab on the Iraq border.
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The Shatt Al Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf, is a narrow stretch of river around 120 miles long and is fed by the Euphrates, Tigris, and Karun rivers.
Four UK soldiers die on Iraq boat patrol by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Syria and Iraq both depend for drinking water, irrigation and hydroelectric power on the Euphrates and the Tigris -- which converge at Qurnah in southern Iraq where they are joined by the Karun River from Iran, to form the Shatt Al Arab, which flows into the Gulf.
MID-EAST WATER CRISIS: TIME IS RUNNING OUT by Blanche, Ed / The Middle East
6 billion yen as the first tranche of financing for a dam project in the Karun River in southern Iran.
Japan pledges 7.5 bil. yen in soft loans to Iran by Asian Economic News
 
 
 
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