The Zangmar River (also known as the Ṭłmut River) is a river in

Maku County Maku County ( fa, شهرستان ماکو) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Maku. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 174,578 in 39,765 households. Retrieved 2 November 2022 The follo ...

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. It originates in the

Zagros Mountains The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوه‌های زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgr ...

above

Maku, Iran Maku ( fa, ماكو, , az, ماكي, translit=Makı, ) is a city in the West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and the capital of Maku County. At the 2006 census, its population was 41,865, in 10,428 families. It is situated from the Turkish border ...

along the

Iran–Turkey border The Iran–Turkey border ( fa, ; tr, İran–Türkiye sınırı) is in length, and runs from the tripoint with Azerbaijan in the north to the tripoint with Iraq in the south. Description The border starts in the north at the tripoint with A ...

, not far from

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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 some above Maku, forming the Maku-Barun reservoir. The dam is rammed earth and

riprap Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion. ...

with a clay lining high, impounding some of water."Iran Dams: West Azarbayjan: Barun (Maku) Dam" Soil and Water Engineering Website of Iran
After leaving Maku, the river flows past Tappeh Bashi-ye Namaz, and Moradluy-e Olya before entering the Araxes.

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