Zangmar River


The Zangmar River is a river in Maku County, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It originates in the Zagros Mountains above Maku, Iran along the Turkish-Iranian border, not far from Mount Ararat and flows south and east into the Araxes at the town of Pol Dasht.
A major tributary of the Zangmar is the Barun River which is dammed at some above Maku, forming the Maku-Barun reservoir. The dam is rammed earth and riprap with a clay lining high, impounding some of water.
After leaving Maku, the river flows past Tappeh Bashi-ye Namaz, and Moradluy-e Olya before entering the Araxes at.