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RIZ-RIZ
761
Abbas—Bushire road between Jam and Bagban, a distance by road of some
45 miles. The south bank of the river touches the road some 6 miles from.
Jam, and here forms a cliff from 50 to 100 feet in height. It receives
many rivulets on its course, but all are of inconsiderable depth. A little
more than 10 miles from Jam the river is crossed by the main road, and
here, in March and April 1888, had only a depth of 6 inches and a breadtli
of 25 feet. The basin is very shallow and wide, and the southern side is'
covered with a dense jungle of tamarisk. Farther on at 15 miles from Jam
the west bank is perpendicular and some 20 feet high. The main road cross
es here, as it does again 2| miles farther. At both these crossings, in the
months mentioned, the river bed was dry ;it has at the last named crossing a
breadth of 50 to 60 yards, and the west bank has increased in height to
between 30 and 40 feet. Outside Riz village the road again crosses the river
by a ford, the depth of water being 6 inches, breadth 20 feet, and general
direction east to west. Just beyond Riz, the river is 2 to 3 feet deep and flow
ing from south to north. The road again crosses here by a ford. The bed
of the river, being gravelly and stony, is always firm,and the depth, which is
usually only a few inches, is stated to never exceed 3 feet. At 2£ miles from
Baghan the road again crosses the river by a ford, the banks here being shelv
ing. Finally Baghan is reached, standing on a narrow spit of land of which;
the west face is washed by the river Riz. The cliff here is 36 feet high,,
and the river, which runs north-west, is about 20 yards broad and of its
normal depth. Thy river here is sometimes called the Baghan. The river is
forded once more, for the last time, some H miles beyond Baghan and short
ly after runs into the Mund river, and loses its identity as a separate
stream.— (Ross — Botcher, 1888.)
RIZ (3) or RIZ-I-GrHULAM— Lat. 32 0 45'N. Long. 50° 37' E. Elev. 5,660^
(Arbuthnot, 1905.)
A conglomeration of villages in the Bakhtiari country, situated on botL
banks of the Zindeh Rud, in Upper Linjan, about 65 miles by its bends
from Isfahan. The river is fordable here at most seasons of the year.
The cultivation, which is entirely by irrigation, is limited in breadth owing
to the river-bed being some 20 to 50 feet below the plane of the valley.
— (Sawyer, 1890— Arbuthnot, 1905.)
EIZA-ABAD-Lat. 30° 24'; Long. 52° 38'; Elev. | 7 ’ 100 {Durmd ' l ~
(6,922' (Sf. John)^
A village on the north bank of the Kur river (here locally known as the-
Ujan river), 9| miles from lmamzadeh Isma’il, and the 5th stage from
Shiraz on the Shiraz-Isfahan road via Asupas. It is said to contain 30 1
to 40 families, and possess an abundant water-supply from 2 qandts and
^several wells besides the river. Cultivation is poor.— (£ra&ame, 1908.)
RlZAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
of Lavar^
A village on the coast of the Dashti district of Fars north
It contains half a dozen houses.
RIZU— Elev. 6,450'.
A village in Kirman, about 73 miles north-north-west of the city of that
name on the road to Kuhbanan. It consists of 3 houses, surrounded by
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