Dez/Hithite/Hudhud/Koprates? (river)

natural · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

This river, known by various names in antiquity, was an upstream tributary (via the Karun river) of the final stage of ancient Tigris/Pastigiris, ultimately debouching into the Persian Gulf. Today its waters still join the Karun. The modern course of the Dez lies within the modern country of Iran.

Coordinates

32.24334, 48.58325

Also known as

Hithite, Hudhud, Koprates

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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