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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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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

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

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)

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

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