Dez River

"Coprates" redirects here. For the valley on Mars, see Coprates Chasma.
Dez
Dez Dam in Dezful city
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dez River
The basin of Dez River, as a tributary of Karun River

The Dez (Persian: دز), the ancient Coprates[1] (/ˈkɒprətiːz/;[2] Greek: Κοπράτης or Κοπράτας), is a river in Iran. This 400 km long river is a tributary of the Karun River. It is the site of the Dez Dam.

Aerial view of the Dez Reservoir, in the area of Andimeshk, Khuzestan
  1. ^ Edward Anson, Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians (Brill Academic Publishers, 2004), p. 166.
  2. ^ James Knowles (1835) A Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language