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Sefid Rud
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Also known as Amardos, Sefīd-Rūd, Safid Rud, Sefid River, Safid River

The Sepid-Rud (; ; also known as Sefid-Rud) is a river, approximately long, rising in the Alborz mountain range of northwestern Iran and flowing generally northeast to empty into the Caspian Sea at Rasht.

Key facts

River.name
Sepidrud
River.name_other
Sefidrud
River.map
Sefidrivermap.png
River.map_caption
Sefīd-Rūd drainage basin
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Iran
River.subdivision_type2
Provinces
River.subdivision_name2
Gilan
River.subdivision_type5
City
River.subdivision_name5
Rasht
River.source1_location
Alborz Mountains
River.mouth
Caspian Sea
River.tributaries_left
Qizil Owzan
River.tributaries_right
Shahrood

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Iran
Located in
Gilan Province
Continent
Asia
Image
Sefidrood-Guilan.jpg
Length
670
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impounded by
Sefid-Rud Dam
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
native label
ايسپي رۊ
origin of the watercourse
Zagros Mountains
basin country
Iran
watershed area
13450
mouth of the watercourse
Caspian Sea
Commons category
Sefid Rud
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Names
  • Geography
  • Dam and reservoir
  • History
  • Gallery
  • Notes
  • External links

The Sepid-Rud (; ; also known as Sefid-Rud) is a river, approximately long, rising in the Alborz mountain range of northwestern Iran and flowing generally northeast to empty into the Caspian Sea at Rasht.

==Names== Other names and transcriptions include Sepīd-Rūd, Sefidrud, Sefidrood, Sepidrood, and Sepidrud. Above Manjil, "Long Red River".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sefid Rud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

On the map

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