Gargar River Explained

Whs:	Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Image Upright:	1.2
Location:	Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Part Of:	Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Criteria:	(i), (ii), (v)
Id:	1315
Coordinates:	32.0506°N 48.8517°W (beginning point)^[1]
Year:	2009
Area:	240.4ha
Buffer Zone:	1572.2ha

Gargar River, (Persian: رود گرگر) is a man-made canal which is a world heritage site and a part of Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, located in the island city Shushtar, Khouzestan, Iran from the Sassanid era. Gargar River was registered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2009 and is Iran's 10th cultural heritage site to be registered on the United Nations' list together with the 12 other historical bridges, dams, canals, watermills and buildings as Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, World heritage nomination document,2008
2. Web site: Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System .
3. Web site: Shushtar Hydraulic System: The Oldest Engineering Masterpiece in World - Tourism news. Tasnim News Agency.
4. Book: Evolution of Water Supply Throughout the Millennia . 92–126 . Water and water supply technologies in ancient Iran . 14 April 2012 . 9781843395409 . IWA Publishing.
5. https://whc.unesco.org/document/152341
6. SHUSHTAR HISTORICAL HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, World heritage nomination document,2008