The Khersan River (Persian: خرسان) is a 180km long tributary of the Karun River in Iran (the river with the largest flows in Iran), flowing into an arm of the reservoir formed by the Karun-3 Dam. The Khersan-3 Dam is under construction, proposed to be the most upstream of a cascade of three dams.[1]

The region is mountainous, part of the Zagros Mountains. The river lies partly in Lordegan County (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province), Semirom County (Isfahan Province), Boyer-Ahmad County and Dana County (Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province).

As the site of a major dam, the area is a common research area, for example in terms of geology,[2] archaeological value,[3] and management conditions under climate change [4]

References

  1. ^ "Khersan-3 Project Information". Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. ^ Karimi, Hossain; Keshavarz, Toraj; Mohammadi, Zargham; Raeisi, Ezzatollah (20 December 2006). "Potential leakage at the Khersan 3 Dam Site, Iran: a hydrogeological approach". Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 66 (3): 269–278. doi:10.1007/s10064-006-0079-5.
  3. ^ GHASEMI, Parsa; WATSON, Greg (2014). "The Khersan 3 Archaeological Survey". Ancient Near Eastern Studies. doi:10.2143/ANES.51.0.3038718.
  4. ^ Jahandideh-Tehrani, Mahsa; Bozorg Haddad, Omid; Loáiciga, Hugo A. (2014). "Hydropower Reservoir Management Under Climate Change: The Karoon Reservoir System". Water Resources Management. 29 (3): 749–770. doi:10.1007/s11269-014-0840-7.

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