Hari Rud


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Ha·ri Rud

 (här′ē ro͞od′)
A river, about 1,125 km (700 mi) long, of northwest Afghanistan, northeast Iran, and southern Turkmenistan.
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The Cheshtiya brotherhood, concentrated in the Hari Rud valley around Obe, Karukh and Chehst-i-Sharif, is very strong locally and maintains madrasas with fine libraries.
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Supplies from the Hari Rud, a border river in the northeast, have been diverted upstream in Afghanistan to irrigate its farmland, jeopardizing the supply to the Mashhad region.
Esfahanis stand in their dry river bed to demand water

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