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Also known as Rūdkhāneh-ye Atrak

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
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River.basin_size
27,300 square kilometres

via Wikipedia infobox

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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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