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AB-I-KAR—AB-I-KAV.
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Ab-i-karind—
Lat. 34° 16' N. Long. 46° 14' E. Elev. —5,500' {Gerard.) 5350'
(Rozario.)
A river of Kirmanshah, which rises close to the gates of Zagros, and has
a tortuous course of nearly 100 miles in a south-east direction. In the latter
part of its course, it forces its way through the Zagros, by a tremendous
gorge, into the plain of Zangavan. Thence, it joins the Ab-i-Shirvan,
and passes in a south-south-east direction through the valley of Rudbar,
(Rawlinson — Rabino .)
The Ab-i-Karind has two sources, one to the east of the Tak-i-Girreh
pass at an elevation of 1,895 metres, (5,680'), the other in the mountain to
the north of Karind. These two streams unite in a flat valley, the average
elevation of which is about 1,500 metres (5,000'),; the length of the valley
is 20 kilometres, (12| miles), and its width from 5 to 6 kilometres. To the
north the valley is bordered by a rampart of limestone, practically
vertical, which separates it from the plain of Biwanij. To the south is
the great Noah-Kuh range. In leaving this valley the Ab-i-Karind enters
a^series of gorges and defiles, where, in the space of a few kilometres it
falls about 200 metres (660 feet). The river then waters the plain of
Harunabad, which has an elevation of about 1,300 metres (4,300').
The dimensions and shape of the Dasht-i-Harunabad are about the same
as those of the Dast-i-Karind. The river then enters further gorges, to
descend to the Mahal-i-Aivan and Chahar Davar, the elevation of which
is between 1,000 and 800 metres.
At Chahar-Davar the Ab-i-Karind joins the Gamasiab (Saidmarreh) in
the middle of inacessible gorges, the queerest of which is certainly that of
Tang-i-Charmin, on the upper border of the Saidmarreh.
The difference of elevation of the Ab-i-Karind at its source and at its
junction with the Gamasiab is 1,200 metres, occurring in a distance of
120 kilometres.—{De Morgan, 1S92).
The Ab-i-Karind is supposed to be the ancient Choaspes.
AB-I-KASHl—
A stream crossed by the road from Hama dan to Malayar, 2| miles from
Hamadan. It rises at the Kashi village ; a few miles south-west from the
point of crossing, and flows in a northerly direction to the Hamadan plain.—
{Schindler.)
AB-I-KATAWAN—
A stream in Kurdistan, watering the Dasht-i-Katawan valley between
Kilafi and Astarabad on the road from Sinneh to Sulaimanieh. It flows
westwards into the Avroman hills, and eventually joins the Ab-i-Shirwan
or Upper Diala.— {T. C. Plowden.)
A stream of Kurdistan which turns due south at a point about 32 miles
north-west of Sinneh. Ford here barely passable in March.— {Gerard )
AB-I-KAVlLEH—
A small river in Kurdistan. It rises near the Qishlaq village, two far-
f5. .5 Kavileh village, 10 far&akhs north of Sinandij and enters the
Kizil Uzun at Nisareh, two farsakhs from Kavileh. {Schindler.)