Dez River

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The Dez ( Persian دز, Āb -e December, in ancient times Coprates, Greek: Κοπράτης or Κοπράτας ) is a 400 km long river in southern Iran. The river rises 20 km northeast of Borudscherd in the Zagros Mountains. Cities along the river are Dezful and Khorramabad. Is named the river after the city of Dezful.

Course

The river rises near the village of Chahar Borra and flows west to Borudscherd past to southeast. 60 km later, he unites with the river at Thu Rūd Mārbora. From here flows the DEZ 70 km further to the southwest. The Trans- Iranian Railway, which runs from the Persian Gulf to the capital Tehran, here follows the river. From the place Kešvar the river changes its direction again to southeast and at Tang -e pani 30km from Kešvar removed it flows together with the Āb -e Baḵtīār. 25 km northeast of the city of Dezful leaves the river to the Zagros Mountains and flows into the plain of Khuzestan. Here the river from the dam is built in 1963 Dec- jammed. Approximately 100 km south of Dezful opens the DEZ at Band-e Qīr in the Karun.

History

The DEZ is a very important river for the region. Ancient irrigation canals attest to this. Finds prove that the river was used for irrigation since prehistoric times.

In ancient times wore during the Diadochenkriege the commander Eumenes in a battle on the Kopratas (317 BC) a victory over Antigonus Monophthalmos it.

In the Middle Ages the river under the name Jondīšābūr was known. It was thought that the source would be in the region of Isfahan. The current name of the river comes from the city of Dezful, whose name comes from a fortress to a stone bridge over the river. But whether channels have created the Elamites or the Achaemenids, is not certain. The Elamite residence Chogha Zanbil lay on the river. At the time of the Sassanid Empire, a dense network of canals was applied to both sides of the river. After the Arab conquest of Iran fell into the canals and were destroyed during the Mongol invasions later.

In the 1960s, the Iranian government decided a gigantic irrigation program. The goal was to be able to irrigate about 1 million hectares. The establishment of the Dec- dam was the first step. At the time, 100,000 acres of land are irrigated. But the project has social and economic problems and conflicts with the traditional way of life of the population.

Source

  • Dez ( river). In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including literature references )
  • Information flow from the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854 ) "
  • River system Shatt al-Arab
  • River in Asia
  • River in Iran
Dez Dam Khuzestan Province
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