
The Jajrud (Jājrūd), also spelled as Jajrood, Djadjéroud or Djaderoud,
is a river in northern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
that passes through the provinces of
Mazandaran and
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
. It flows south through the central
Alborz mountain range
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...
. It is a tributary of the
Karaj River, which empties into the
endorheic
An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...
Namak Lake basin.
Central Alborz mountain range map
Number 5 on the lower side of map shows the Jajrud.
See also
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Rasanan
References
Rivers of Mazandaran Province
Alborz (mountain range)
Landforms of Tehran Province
Rivers of Tehran Province
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