Karun
The Karun, the Ancient Greek Eulaeus (Greek: Εὔλαιος or Εὐλαῖος, Hebrew Ulai, is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and the country's only navigable river.Photo: Shannon1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Iran
- Also known as: “Karoon”, “Karoon River”, “Karun River”, “Karūn Rūd”, “Rūd-e Kārūn”, and “Rudkhaneh-ye Karun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr.
Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr, also known as the Khorramshahr Central Mosque, is a Friday mosque, located in Khorramshahr city, within Khorramshahr County of the province of Khuzestan, Iran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khorramshahr and Minooshahr.
Khorramshahr
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khorramshahr is a city in the Central District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Minooshahr
Town
Minushahr is a city in, and the capital of, Minu District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Jazireh-ye Minu Rural District. Minooshahr is situated 10 km southeast of Karun.
Karun
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Khuzestan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Karun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر قارون”
- Arabic: “نهر كارون”
- Armenian: “Քարուն (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Քարուն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Karun”
- Azerbaijani: “Karun”
- Basque: “Karun”
- Belarusian: “Карун”
- Bengali: “কারুন”
- Bulgarian: “Карун”
- Catalan: “Doǰayl”
- Catalan: “Pasitigris”
- Catalan: “Pasitrigris”
- Catalan: “riu Karun”
- Catalan: “Riu Karun”
- Cebuano: “Rūdkhāneh-ye Kārūn”
- Central Kurdish: “کاروون”
- Chinese: “卡仑河”
- Chinese: “卡伦河”
- Chinese: “卡侖河”
- Chinese: “卡倫河”
- Chuvash: “Карун”
- Croatian: “Karun”
- Czech: “Karun”
- Czech: “Karún”
- Dutch: “Karoen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كارون”
- Esperanto: “Karun”
- Esperanto: “Karuno”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Karuno”
- Finnish: “Karun”
- French: “Karoun”
- French: “Karun”
- French: “Riviere Karun”
- French: “Rivière Karun”
- Georgian: “ქარუნი”
- German: “Karun”
- German: “Ulai-Strom”
- Hebrew: “כארון”
- Hindi: “करुण नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Karun”
- Irish: “Karun”
- Italian: “Karun”
- Japanese: “カールーン川”
- Korean: “카룬강”
- Latin: “Pasitigris”
- Lithuanian: “Karunas”
- Lithuanian: “Karūnas”
- Macedonian: “Карун”
- Malagasy: “Karun (ony)”
- Malagasy: “Karun”
- Malayalam: “കരുൺ”
- Mazanderani: “کارون”
- Mingrelian: “ქარუნი”
- Northern Luri: “کارۊن”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karun-elven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karun”
- Norwegian: “Karun”
- Ossetian: “Карун”
- Panjabi: “ਕਰੁਣ ਨਦੀ”
- Persian: “رود کارون”
- Persian: “رودخانه کارون”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ کارون”
- Persian: “كَرون رود”
- Persian: “كَرون”
- Persian: “کارون”
- Polish: “Karun”
- Portuguese: “Ab-kuren”
- Portuguese: “Rio Carum”
- Portuguese: “Rio Karun”
- Romanian: “Râul Karun”
- Russian: “Карун”
- Santali: “ᱠᱟᱨᱩᱱ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
- Scots: “Karun”
- Serbian: “Karun”
- Serbian: “Karún”
- Serbian: “Гихон”
- Serbian: “Карун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Karun”
- Slovenian: “Karun”
- South Azerbaijani: “کارون چایی”
- Spanish: “Karun”
- Spanish: “Karún”
- Spanish: “Karūn”
- Spanish: “Kārun”
- Spanish: “Kārūn”
- Spanish: “Rio Karun”
- Spanish: “Rio Karún”
- Spanish: “Río Karun”
- Spanish: “Río Karún”
- Swedish: “Karun”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Karun”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Карун”
- Tajik: “Карун”
- Tamil: “காருன் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำคอรูน”
- Turkish: “Karun Nehri”
- Turkish: “Karun”
- Ukrainian: “Карун”
- Urdu: “کارون دریا”
- Uzbek: “Qarun”
- Venetian: “Fiume Karún”
- Welsh: “Afon Karun”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Omm ol Raşāş and Kūy-e Feyşalīyeh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khorramshahr and Mūzeh-ye Jang.
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