Karun, Fars

Karun (Persian: كارون‎‎, also Romanized as Kārūn) is a village in Asir Rural District, Asir District, Mohr County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 884, in 180 families.

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Karun

The Kārun (also spelled as Karoun) (Persian: کارون) is Iran's most effluent and only navigable river. It is 725 km (450 mi) long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Dez and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzestan Province of Iran, the city of Ahvaz.

The Karun continues toward the Persian Gulf, forking into two primary branches on its delta - the Bahmanshir and the Haffar - that join the [Arvand Rud]] (Shat al_arab in Arabic), emptying into the Persian 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.

Juris Zarins and other scholars have identified the Karun as one of the four rivers of Eden, the others being the Tigris, the Euphrates and either the Wadi Batin or the Karkheh.

Name

In early classical times, the Karun was known as the Pasitigris. The modern medieval and modern name, Karun, is a corruption of the name Kuhrang, which is still maintained by one of the two primary tributaries of the Karun.

Karun (disambiguation)

Karun is a river in Iran.

Karun (Persian: كارون‎‎) may also refer to:

Karuna

Karuna may refer to: