List of rivers of Iran

This is a list of the rivers wholly or partly in Iran, arranged geographically by river basin from west to east.

Flowing into the Persian Gulf[]

The Karun-3 dam, one of the many large power dams on the Karun River

• Arvand Rud
  • Haffar, originally an artificial channel now forming the estuary of the Karun
  • Karun River
    • Marun River
    • Dez River
      • Bakhtiari River
      • Koohrang
  • Tigris (Iraq)
    • Karkheh River
      • Seimareh River
    • Chankula River
    • Sirwan River (Diyala River)
      • Alwand River
    • Little Zab
• Bahmanshir, the original mouth of the Karun
• Jarahi
• Helleh River
• Mond River
  • Shur River
• Mehran River
• • Gowdeh River
  • Rostam River

Flowing into the Gulf of Oman[]

• Gabrik River
• Bahu Kalat River (or Dashtiari River or Silup River)

Flowing into endorheic basins[]

Lake Urmia[]

• Aji Chay
  • Quri Chay
• Zarrineh River
• Gadar River
• Alamlou River
• Leylan River
• Simineh River
• Mahabad River
• Barandouz River
• Shahar River
• Nazlou River
• Zola River

Caspian Sea[]

• Kura River (Azerbaijan)
  • Aras River
    • Balha River
      • Tulun River
    • Zangmar River
      • Barun River
• Sefīd-Rūd
  • Qizil Üzan
  • Shahrood
    • Alamut River
• Cheshmeh Kileh River
  • Do Hezar River
  • Se Hazar River
• Chaloos River
  • Sardab River
• Kojoor River
• Haraz River
  • Noor River
  • Lar River
• Atrek River
  • Sumbar River
• Gharasu River

Namak Lake[]

• Abhar River
• Qom River
• Jajrood River
• Karaj River

Gavkhouni[]

• Zayande River

Hamun-e Jaz Murian[]

• Halil River
• Bampur River

Sistan Basin[]

The Kajaki Dam on the Helmand River provides flood control, power and irrigation water to the Helmand Valley. Without the dam, the surrounding region would be arid and would not be able to produce crops.

• Helmand River

Hamun-i-Mashkel[]

• Mashkid River (Mashkel River)

Karakum Desert[]

• Harirud
  • Kashaf River

Other[]

• Shesh Taraz

External links[]

• Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia - waterinventory.org
• Water Resources and Quality in Iran - fanack.com