Zangmar River

Zangmar
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Iran
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Aras
• coordinates	39°21′08″N 45°05′07″E / 39.35222°N 45.08528°E / 39.35222; 45.08528Coordinates: 39°21′08″N 45°05′07″E / 39.35222°N 45.08528°E / 39.35222; 45.08528
Basin features
Progression	Aras→ Kura→ Caspian Sea

The Zangmar River (also known as the Ṭłmut River) is a river in Maku County, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It originates in the Zagros Mountains above Maku, Iran along the Iran–Turkey border, not far from Mount Ararat and flows south and east into the Araxes at the town of Pol Dasht.

A major tributary of the Zangmar is the Barun River which is dammed at

39°11′17″N 44°28′55″E / 39.18806°N 44.48194°E / 39.18806; 44.48194 some 12 miles (19 km) above Maku, forming the Maku-Barun reservoir. The dam is rammed earth and riprap with a clay lining 78 metres (256 ft) high, impounding some 135,000,000 cubic metres (109,000 acre⋅ft) of water.^[1]

After leaving Maku, the river flows past Tappeh Bashi-ye Namaz, and Moradluy-e Olya before entering the Araxes.

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