Hari Rud

[ har-ee rood ]

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

Afghanistan is prone to quakes, as it is located in a tectonically active region, over a number of fault lines including the Chaman fault, the Hari Rud fault, the Central Badakhshan fault and the Darvaz fault.

From BBC

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

From Project Gutenberg

It is the startling contrast of the Herati oasis with the vast expanse of comparative sterility that encloses it which has given such a fictitious value to the estimates of the material wealth of the valley of the Hari Rud.

From Project Gutenberg

East and west stretches the long vista of the Hari Rud.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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