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.

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Example Sentences

The eastern limits of Hashtadan had been previously fixed as far north as the Hari Rud river at Toman Agha.

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

From its source to Obeh the Hari Rud is a valley of sandy desolation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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

The geographical divisions of the country are created by the basins of its chief rivers, the Kabul, the Helmund, the Hari Rud and the Oxus.

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

Next in importance are the Kabul in the north-east, which drains to the Indus, and the Hari Rud in the north-west, which, like other Afghan streams, loses itself in the sand.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various