Halil River

Halīl River (also Haliri River, known as the Kharan or Zar Dasht River in its upper reaches) is river in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Iran's Kerman Province, stretching for some 390 km. 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 coord|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 Jazmurian depression of Baluchistan seasonally reaching Lake Hamun.

The climate of the Halil Rud plain is very warm in summer and moderate temperature in winter. It is one of the hottest places in Iran and the world, with recorded temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius) in September, 1933. The plain is 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.

ee also

*Bampur River

Literature

* [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v11f6/v11f6017.html Encyclopedia Iranica]