# Bil spring

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thumbnail|Entrance of hāna-w Beli|250px
[[Image:Bil-Sirwan intersection.jpg|thumbnail|Intersection of hāna-w Beli and [Sirwan River](/source/Sirwan_River)|250px]]

'''Bil Spring'''  ({{langx|fa|چشمه بل}}; {{langx|kur-arab|کانی بڵ}}, {{langx|kur|Kaniya Bil|label=none}}, {{langx|kur|Kanî Bill|label=none}}; {{langx|hac|کانی بڵ|Hāna-w Beli}}){{Clarify|reason=Questionable reliability of source languages/translations|date=August 2025}} is a [natural](/source/natural) [spring](/source/Spring_(hydrology)) in the [Hewraman](/source/Hewraman) region in [Iran](/source/Iran).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kani Bil:Iranian TV; Kurdistan province |url=http://kordestan.irib.ir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41156 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113436/http://kordestan.irib.ir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41156 |archivedate=2014-08-26 }}</ref> Bil Spring is the biggest spring in western parts of Iran. It is of very significant cultural value to the Hewrami people and there are many references to it in their culture, identity and [Literature](/source/Literature). However, it is in danger of annihilation because of construction of the "Daryan" [dam](/source/dam) nearby.<ref>{{cite web| title = Kani Bil, struggling between death and life:Kurd Press| url = http://www.kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/Photo/?Id=7809| access-date = 2014-08-22| archive-date = 2014-08-26| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120158/http://www.kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/Photo/?Id=7809| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Kani Bil will disappear because of Daryan dam:Khabar online| url = http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/368576| access-date = 2014-08-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120014/http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/368576| archive-date = 2014-08-26| url-status = dead}}</ref> The river that is formed by this fountain is 15m long, making it the shortest river in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title = Rudaw:Kani Bil is in crisis | url = http://rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/0707201418 | access-date = 2014-08-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114754/http://rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/0707201418 | archive-date = 2014-08-26 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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Category:Springs of Iran

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