Jegiran River

The Jegiran River flows through the county of Sarpol-e Zahab. The river is 67 kilometres long, and its source lies at an elevation of 1,500 metres. It rises on the western slopes of the Malacheyeh and Shahan mountains in Posht-e Tang Rural District, 24 kilometres northeast of Qasr-e Shirin, fed by several tributaries, the most important of which is called Ab-e Talan.

After irrigating the villages of Posht-e Tang Rural District, the river enters Zahab Rural District. There it first waters the villages of Tappeh Kelik, Papoli, Jaberi and Darakhan. After joining a small northern tributary, it turns south and irrigates the village of Hojrolan. It then merges with an eastern tributary that has passed through the villages of Naderi and Tang-e Hooman, and, under the name of the Qureh-tar River, bends toward the southwest.

It reaches the Iran–Iraq border 15 kilometres northeast of Qasr-e Shirin and forms a 24-kilometre stretch of the borderline. At a point 11 kilometres northwest of Qasr-e Shirin it leaves the border and enters Iraq, and it flows into the Tigris River west of the village of Sangar-e Zhoru.