Karkheh River

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The Karkheh or Karkhe (Persian کرخه Karche, DMG Karḫe; الكرخة Arabic al - Karcha, DMG al - Karḫa ) is a river in Iran.

The Karkheh arises in the Zagros Mountains near the town of Pol-e Dochtar from the headwaters Kaschkan and Seymare. It flows through the province of Khuzestan, runs approximately 100 km parallel to the river DEZ of the plane near the ancient city of Susa, happened westward bending the Iraqi border and flows into the Tigris, which goes down at this point with the Euphrates.

The Karkheh is mentioned in the Bible, where it has the name Ulai (Hebrew: אולי ). From the time of the Achaemenids Herodotus reports on a river, which he calls Choaspes that the Persian Great King Cyrus only drink water from this river and therefore always filled with boiled water Choaspes carry with many silver barrels traveling. Today the river mainly because of Karkehstaudamms and power plant is known.