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Hari Rud

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[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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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

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 this point to Zulfikar the Hari Rud is itself the boundary.

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

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

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)