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Sumbar River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Sumbar (also Sari-su, Sara-su and Ṣáríṣú) is a fast flowing river in southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran. It is a tributary of the Atrek. The name Sari-su means yellow water in Turkic languages, but is applied to a number of other rivers as well. It used to be an area for Caspian tigers in Turkmenistan, until the last individual was killed in January 1954.

Flows through: Iran.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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