Sumbar River

The Sumbar (also Sari-su, Sara-su and Ṣáríṣú) is a fast flowing river in southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran. It a tributary of the Atrek. The name Sari-su means "yellow water" in Turkic languages, but is applied to a number of other rivers as well.

Geography

The Sumbar is 245 km long and drains a basin of 8300 km². It arises in the Kopet Dag mountains in Iran and flows into Turkmenistan. For a long stretch before the Sumbar runs into the Atrek, it is separated from it by a range of hills called the Marábeh. [Fraser, James Baillie (1838) "Notes on the Country Lying between the Meridians of 55° and 64° East, and Embracing a Section of the Elburz Mountains in Northern Khorásán" "Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London" 8: pp. 308-316, p. 310] The Atrek becomes the Turkmenistan-Iran border where the Sumbar flows into it, at coord|37|59|28|N|55|16|29|E|.

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