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The
Sumbar
(also
Sari-su
,
Sara-su
and
?ari?u
) is a fast flowing river in southern
Turkmenistan
and northern
Iran
. It a tributary of the
Atrek
. The name
Sari-su
means
yellow water
in Turkic languages, but is applied to a number of other rivers as well. It used to be an area for
Caspian tigers
[1]
in Turkmenistan, until the last individual was killed in January 1954.
Geography
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The Sumbar is 245 kilometres (152 mi) long and drains a basin of 8,300 square kilometres (3,200 sq mi). It arises in the
Kopet Dag
mountains in Iran and flows into Turkmenistan. For a long stretch before the Sumbar runs into the Atrek, it is separated from the latter by a range of hills called the Marabeh.
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The Atrek becomes part of the Turkmenistan-Iran border where the Sumbar flows into it, at
37°59′28″N
55°16′29″E
/
37.99111°N 55.27472°E
/
37.99111; 55.27472
.
See also
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Notes
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- ^
Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972).
Mlekopitaju??ie Sovetskogo Soiuza.
Vys?aia ?kola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992).
Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).
Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).
- ^
Fraser, James Baillie (1838) "Notes on the Country Lying between the Meridians of 55° and 64° East, and Embracing a Section of the Elburz Mountains in Northern Khorasan"
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
8: pp. 308-316, p. 310
References
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- This article includes content derived from the article
"Сумбар"
in the
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
, 1969?1978.
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