Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Hari Rud

American  
[har-ee rood] / ˈhær i ˈrud /

noun

  1. a river in NW Afghanistan, NE Iran, and S Turkmenistan, flowing W and then N to the Kara Kum desert. 700 miles (1,126 km) long.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The eastern reaches of the Hari Rud river are frozen hard in the winter, rapids and all, and the people travel on it as on a road.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

That one is afforded by the narrow valley of the Hari Rud to the west of Herat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Mustawfi adds a long account of the town, its markets and its shrines, giving the names of the various canals derived from the Hari Rud.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

Herat was watered by the canals of the river Hari Rud.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

The Kabul river drains Northern Afghanistan, the Hari Rud the province of Herat, and the Oxus that of Afghan Turkestan.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training