Halil River
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Halīl River is a river stretching for some 390 km running in the Jiroft
and Kahnuj
districts of Kerman Province, Iran
. It rises at 3,300 m, in the Hazar mountains about 100 km to the north-west of Jiroft
, flowing to the south-west until it is joined by the Rudar and Rabar rivers. Turning towards the south, if flows along the foothills of the Barez mountains, then to the south-east until Jiroft Dam (130 m, ca. 40 km upstream of Jiroft 28°51′30"N 57°28′0"E) at the confluence with the Narab. It passes some 15 km east of Kahnuj and terminates in the Hamun-e Jaz Murian
of Baluchistan.
The climate of the Halil Rud ("river" in Persian
) basin is extremely hot in summer and of moderate temperature in winter. It is one of the hottest places in Iran and the world, with recorded temperatures as high as 135 degrees Fahrenheit (57 degrees Celsius) in August, 1933. The basin contains the site of the Bronze Age Jiroft culture
The Halil riverbanks are subject to periodical flooding, including the historical flood which destroyed Jiroft in ca. AD 1000, and one in 1993.
Jiroft
Jiroft is a city in and the capital of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in 19,926 families. It is located south of the city of Kerman, and south of Tehran along Road 91...
and Kahnuj
Kahnuj
Kahnuj is a city in and the capital of Kahnuj County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38,571, in 8,278 families.-References:* اطلس گیتاشناسی استانهای ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran]...
districts of Kerman Province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. It rises at 3,300 m, in the Hazar mountains about 100 km to the north-west of Jiroft
Jiroft
Jiroft is a city in and the capital of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in 19,926 families. It is located south of the city of Kerman, and south of Tehran along Road 91...
, flowing to the south-west until it is joined by the Rudar and Rabar rivers. Turning towards the south, if flows along the foothills of the Barez mountains, then to the south-east until Jiroft Dam (130 m, ca. 40 km upstream of Jiroft 28°51′30"N 57°28′0"E) at the confluence with the Narab. It passes some 15 km east of Kahnuj and terminates in the Hamun-e Jaz Murian
Hamun-e Jaz Murian
Hamun-e Jaz Murian is an inland basin or depression in southeast Iran, straddling the provinces of Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan. At the center of the basin is a "seasonal lake," or hamun. The lake can remain almost totally dry during dry years, while in wetter years it can have water year...
of Baluchistan.
The climate of the Halil Rud ("river" in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
) basin is extremely hot in summer and of moderate temperature in winter. It is one of the hottest places in Iran and the world, with recorded temperatures as high as 135 degrees Fahrenheit (57 degrees Celsius) in August, 1933. The basin contains the site of the Bronze Age Jiroft culture
The Halil riverbanks are subject to periodical flooding, including the historical flood which destroyed Jiroft in ca. AD 1000, and one in 1993.