KARUN

käroonˈ, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W Iran, and flowing S to the Shatt al Arab on the Iraqi border. The Karun is navigable to Ahvaz for shallow draft vessels; rapids prevent further upstream passage except during high water in April and May. The river was opened to foreign trade in 1888; but since the construction of a rail line during World War II between the river port of Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, and the main Iranian system, this route has lost importance. At Shushtar there is a dam designed to irrigate an area of 500 sq mi (1,295 sq km); it is surmounted by a magnificent bridge (no longer in use), probably built in the 3d cent. for Shapur I of Persia by captured Roman soldiers.

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books on: Karun  - 239 results

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Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-93
Book by J. Forbes Munro; Boydell Press, 2003
Subjects: Shipping--Scotland--History--19th Century, Steamboat Lines--Scotland--History--19th Century
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Philosophy and Culture -- East and West: East-West Philosophy in Practical Perspective
Book by Charles A. Moore; University of Hawaii Press, 1962
Subjects: East And West, Philosophy--Congresses
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The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia
Book by T. H. Vail Motter; Office of the Chief of Military History, 1952
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Iran, World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union, World War, 1939-1945--Supplies
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The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State
Book by D. T. Potts; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Elam--Antiquities, Elam--History
...Shahr-e Kord and Izeh 13 2 2 The upper Karun, east of Izeh, in early autumn 17...and the alluvial plain drained by the Karun-Karkheh river system. For although cunei...fed by five rivers - the Karkheh, Diz, Karun, Marun and Zuhreh or Hindian - which rise...
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Buddhism
Book by Richard A. Gard; George Braziller, 1961
Subjects: Buddhism
...complete reliance upon the efficacy of Karun a cf. "Saving Grace" as manifested and...complete, universal saving-compassion karun a of Amitabha expressed to/through/in...mercy and compassion for all beings karun a . . . . e a Buddha is noted for...
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Economic Principles in the Emergence of Humankind Presidential Address to the Western Economic Association, June 30, 1991
Journal article by Vernon L. Smith; Economic Inquiry, Vol. 30, 1992
Subjects: Economics
...Pison and Gihon probably refer respectively to the Wadi Batin, a fossil river in Iraq, and the intermittently flowing Karun river in Iran. IX. FINIS The significance of prehistory to humankind, circa 2000, is that all we are today -- our great...
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U.S. Policy Toward Iran: from Containment to Relentless Pursuit?
Journal article by Ellen Laipson, Gary Sick, Richard Cottam; Middle East Policy, Vol. 4, 1995
Subjects: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East
...hydroelectric power. I would note in passing that the Japanese loans that we are arguing so hard to try to stop are for a dam on the Karun River in the south that is designed to produce hydroelectric power. The Conoco deal that we were so outraged about and interfered...
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A Thai Perspective on Socially Engaged Buddhism: a Conversation with Sulak Sivaraksa
Journal article by Donald Rothberg; Re-vision, Vol. 15, 1993
Subjects: Consciousness
...suffering of others, and wishing to help. Of course, we must do this with equanimity and detachment. This is compassion, karun a, our basic attitude guiding both our more internal and our more external work. There must be a balance of the internal...
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The Impact of the Sinking of the Titanic on the New York Syrian Community of 1912: The Syrians Respond
Journal article by Leila Salloum Elias; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 27, 2005
Subjects: Syrians--Reports, Titanic Sinking, 1912--Analysis, Titanic Sinking, 1912--Reports
...21, 1912). (4.) The New York Times, April 25, 1912. (5.) April 17, 1912. (6.) This was actually third class passenger Franz Karun who boarded at Cherbourg. (7.) April 17, 1912. (8.) Al-Huda, April 24, 1912. (9.) Al-Dalil, April 20, 1912. (10.) List of names...
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research: Vol. 66, No. 2, March 2003
Journal article; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 57, 2003
...argument fails to reveal the real source of tension between externalism and privileged self-knowledge.--Correspondence to: h_vahid@karun.ipm.ac.ir Tropic of Value, WLODEK RABINOWICZ and TONI RONNOW-RASMUSSEN The authors of this paper earlier argued that concrete...


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Mid-East Water Crisis: Time Is Running Out
Magazine article by Ed Blanche; The Middle East, April 2001
Subjects: Drinking water--International trade, Electric utilities--Natural resources, Euphrates River--Water diversion, Iraq--Natural resources, Israel--Foreign relations, Middle East--Politics and government, Syria--Natural resources, Tigris River--Strategic aspects, Turkey--Foreign relations, Water-supply--International aspects
...hydroelectric power on the Euphrates and the Tigris -- which converge at Qurnah in southern Iraq where they are joined by the Karun River from Iran, to form the Shatt Al Arab, which flows into the Gulf. Given that they view Turkeys military alliance with Israel...
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The U.S. and Iran: An Offer They Can't Refuse
Magazine article by Robin Wright, Shaul Bakhash; Foreign Policy, Fall 1997
Subjects: Iran--Relations with the United States, Khatami, Mohammed--Elections, United States--Relations with Iran
...Under U.S. pressure, Japan agreed to postpone paying Iran the second installment of a loan for a hydroelectric power dam on the Karun River. However, Japanese officials refused to abandon the project entirely or to curtail commerce with Iran. The trade volume...
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Nature
Magazine article by David Meisenheimer; PSA Journal, Vol. 73, May 2007
Subjects: Images, Photographic--Exhibitions, Photographers--Competitions, Photographers--Works, Photographs--Exhibitions
...7 17 <br/ Vegjeleki, Adolf, Austria 6 14 <br/ Verma, Karun, India 10 15 <br/ Vijaymuthy, S., India 9 12...
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The End of the Anglo-Persian War: March 4th, 1857
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, March 2007
Subjects: British history
...heavy guns, and sent the enemy flying. Outram now decided to attack up the Shatt al-Arab mouth of the Euphrates and the River Karun, and after reinforcements had arrived from Bombay the army set out late in March. The Persians were again driven in headlong...
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Who's Who in Photography 2004
Magazine article by Diane Racey; PSA Journal, Vol. 71, May 2005
Subjects: Catalogs--Achievements and awards
...7 19 Verma, Amit, India 3 9 Verma, Karun, India 5 7 Vijayamurthy, S., India 9 10...


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Framed. a Poser Burglar
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), December 24, 2006
...neighbour took his picture with her mobile. Karun Munde, 19, calmly asked the raider to wait...image helped cops track him down. Student Karun acted after she saw Johnson being confronted...bank cards from her ground-floor flat. Karun said: "He kept insisting he hadnt got her...
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FORMULA ONE: Chaos Greets A1 GP Opener
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 24, 2005
...mistakes littered the two sessions, causing the first to be stopped three times and the second five. In the first session, Indias Karun Chandhok caused the most spectacular accident when he turned in on ex-Formula One driver Jos Verstappen at Druids hairpin. The...
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MOTOR RACING: Brands Hatch Event Descends into Racing Farce
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 24, 2005
...mistakes littered the two sessions, causing the first to be stopped three times and the second five. In the first session, Indias Karun Chandhok caused the most spectacular accident when he turned in on ex-Formula One driver Jos Verstappen at Druids hairpin. The...
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GIVING KIDS A GOOD START; Top Class PUPILS GIVE THEIR VERDICT
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 29, 2006
...We get to write about it and I love writing stories. I also like the speech and drama clubs." Karun Bargotta, aged six, of Radford, Coventry. Karun would like to be a football goalkeeper. "I LIKE going out to play with my friends, and I like reading...
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Motor Racing: A1 Gets off to a Frantic Opener
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), September 24, 2005
...have seen. I think the 25 teams have put on a professional show which looked impressive on TV." In the first session, Indias Karun Chandhok caused the most spectacular accident when he turned in on ex-Formula One driver Jos Verstappen at Druids hairpin. The...
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encyclopedia articles on: Karun  - 12 results

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Karun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KARUN karoon , river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W Iran, and flowing S to the Shatt al Arab on the Iraqi border. The Karun is navigable to Ahvaz for shallow draft vessels; rapids prevent further upstream passage except during high water in April...
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Karun, Lake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KARUN, LAKE Egypt: see Moeris . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Moeris
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOERIS mer is, ancient name of Lake Karun (Arab. Birket Qarun ), c.90 sq mi (230 sq km), NE Egypt, in El...km) and was c.40 ft (12 m) below sea level. As a result, Lake Karun is fed by a canal from the Nile River...
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Shushtar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...town (1991 pop. 70,294), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Karun River. It has irrigated agriculture and has long been known...building vast hydraulic works, including a large dam across the Karun River. Later, under the Mongols (13th 14th cent.), Shushtar...
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Ahvaz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ahwaz both: awaz , city (1991 pop. 724,653), SW Iran, on the Karun River. It is an oil center, a transportation hub, and an industrial...administrative and industrial center, is on the right bank of the Karun, but the population still is concentrated in the old section...
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