Hamun

{{For|the villages in Iran|Hamun, Iran|Hamand, Khusf}} {{distinguish|Hamun Lake}} A '''hamun''' (or hamoun) ({{langx|fa|هامون}} ''hāmūn'') is an inland desert lake or marshland formed as a natural seasonal reservoir in areas adjoining the Helmand basin, found across eastern [[Iran]], southern [[Afghanistan]] and western [[Pakistan]].<ref name=usgs>{{Cite web | last = Whitney | first = John | author-link = | title = Geology, Water, and Wind in the Lower Helmand Basin | work = | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey | date = 2006 | url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADH905.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111028141900/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADH905.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 28, 2011 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2010-08-31}}</ref> Hamuns form a critical link in the wildlife of the area, aquatic as well as avian and terrestrial.

The better-known hamuns include: *[[Hamun-e Helmand]], Afghanistan and Iran **[[Hamun Lake]], Iran and Afghanistan *[[Hamun-e Jaz Murian]], Iran *Hamun-e [[Mashkel]] or Mashkid, Balochistan mainly in Pakistan and border. *Hamun-e Puzak, Afghanistan *Hamun-e Saberi in [[Sistan]], straddling Iran-Afghanistan border *Hamun Zeheh, Goad-i Zereh or [[Godzareh Depression]], Afghanistan

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[[Category:Geography of Central Asia]] [[Category:Wetlands]]