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Bampur River

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Bampur River is a river in southern Iran, flowing into the Baluchistan region. The Bampur River starts in the Karvandar Mountains and flows 120 km past Damin, Bampur and Iranshah before dissipating in the desert sands. The Bampur River is the largest and most important river in Baluchistan and has served as a highway through that arid region since the 3rd millennium BC

History

The Bampur river Valley as been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC when Bronze Age villages formed. The first Europeans to reach the Bampur River were Captain Grant and Sir Henry Pottinger in 1809. Sir Aurel Stein in visited the area in 1932.

References

Bampur River Wikipedia