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The Chalus River (), or Chalus Rud, is a major river located in central−northern
The Chalus River (), or Chalus Rud, is a major river located in central−northern Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. It originates in the Kandovan and Taleghan mountains and passes through the city of Chalus in Mazandaran province
Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is bordered clockw ...
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The river flows northward through the Central Alborz mountain range, to its river mouth
A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carryin ...
on the southern Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...
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Central Alborz mountain range map
See also
* * * * Sardab RiverReferences
Rivers of Mazandaran province Tributaries of the Caspian Sea Alborz (mountain range) {{Iran-river-stub