Simineh River

Simineh river
River

Country	Iran
Province	West Azarbaijan province

Mouth
- location	Lake Urmia, Iran

The Simineh River (Persian: سیمّینه رود ‎‎ Sīmīneh Rūd, Sīmmīneh Rūd), also known as the Tatavi Chay (Tatāhū Čāy^[1]), is a river in northern Iran, that flows into the south end of Lake Urmia. It is just over 200 kilometres (124 mi) long and has a catchment basin (watershed) of 2,090 square kilometres (810 sq mi).^[2] Its waters are used primarily for agriculture^[3] and the return flow significantly degrades its water quality.^[2]

Like its twin the Zarineh River to the east, the Simineh arises in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan Province and flows north through West Azarbaijan Province. Unlike its twin, the Simineh has considerably less flow into Lake Urmia.^[2] Like the rest of the steams in the basin, the river has a seasonal variability in its flow rates, but during the spring run-off the river can discharge as much as 57,000 litres per second (15,000 US gal/s) into Lake Urmia.^[4]

The Simineh River flows just to the west of the city of Bukan, and provides some of their water.^[3]^[5]

References

↑ Tatāhū (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
1 2 3 Nemati, Samira; Naghipour, Leila and Fard, Mohammad Hasan Fazeli (2014). "Artificial Neural Network Modeling of Total Dissolved Solid in the Simineh River, Iran" (PDF). Journal of Civil Engineering and Urbanism 4 (1): 8–13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2016.
1 2 "بررسی اهمیت و نقش رودخانه های سیمینه رود و زرینه رود در توسعه بخش کشاورزی آذربایجان غربی" [The Rivers Zarrineh and Simineh, their importance and role in the development of the agricultural sector in Western Azerbaijan] (in Persian). Agriculture Organization of West Azerbaijan. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
↑ Rafferty. John P. (2011). "Appendix A: Notable Smaller Lakes of the World: Lake Urmia". Lakes and Wetlands. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. pp. 204–205 page 205. ISBN 978-1-61530-320-5.
↑ Razmārā, Ḥosayn-ʿAli (1950). Farhang-e Joḡrāfiāi-e Irān IV [Geographical Dictionary of Iran IV]. Tehran: The Geographical Bureau of the Iranian Armed Forces. p. 98. cited by "Būkān". Iranica Online. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011.

Rivers of Iran

Lake Urmia basin	Aji Chay Quri Chay Alamlou River Barandouz River Gadar River Ghaie River Leylan River Mahabad River Nazlou River Rozeh River Shahar River Simineh River Zarrineh River Zola River

Persian Gulf basin	Shatt al-Arab Karun River Marun River Dez River Koohrang Jarahi River Bahmanshir Mehran River Mond River

Oman sea basin	Bahu Kalat River

Caspian basin	Aras Sefīd-Rūd Qizil Üzan Shahrood (River) Alamut River Zarjoob Chalus River Sardab River Haraz River Lar River Atrek River Kojoor River Do Hezar River Atrek River Qarasu River Gorganrud River Astarachay

Gavkhouni basin	Zayanderud

Namak Lake basin	Qom (River) Abhar River Jajrood River Karaj River Jajrood River

Hamun-e Jaz Murian basin	Halil River Bampur River

Coordinates: 37°13′43″N 45°42′40″E / 37.22861°N 45.71111°E / 37.22861; 45.71111

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