Atrek River
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The Atrek (, , ), also known as the Attrack, Atrak, and Etrek, is a fast-moving river which begins in the mountains of north-eastern Iran () and flows westward, draining into the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan. Because of the high use of its waters for irrigation, the Atrek only flows into the Caspian when it is in its flood stage.
Key facts
- River.name
- Atrek
- River.name_other
- Attrack
- River.image
- Atrak Headstream.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Atrak Headstream
- River.pushpin_map
- Iran
- River.length
- 563km
- River.source1_location
- North-eastern Iran
- River.source1_coordinates
- )
- River.basin_size
- 27,300 square kilometres
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The Atrek (, , ), also known as the Attrack, Atrak, and Etrek, is a fast-moving river which begins in the mountains of north-eastern Iran () and flows westward, draining into the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan. Because of the high use of its waters for irrigation, the Atrek only flows into the Caspian when it is in its flood stage.
==Geography== The Atrek is long and drains a basin of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atrek River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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