Zangmar River

The Zangmar River is a river in Maku Shahrestan, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It originates in the mountains above Maku, Iran along the Turkish-Iranian border, not far from Mount Ararat and flows south and east into the Araxes at the town of Pol Dasht.

A major tributary of the Zangmar is the Barun River which is dammed at coord|39|11|17|N|44|28|55|E| some convert|12|mi|km above Maku, forming the Maku-Barun reservoir. The dam is rammed earth and riprap with a clay lining Convert|78|m|ft|0 high, impounding some convert|135000000|m3|cuft|0 of water. [ [http://www.soil-water.com/english/dams/makoo.htm "Iran Dams: West Azarbayjan: Barun (Maku) Dam" Soil and Water Engineering Website of Iran] ]

After leaving Maku, the river flows past Tappeh Bashi-ye Namazi, and Moradlu-ye `Olya before entering the Araxes at coord|39|21|08|N|45|05|07|E|.

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