# Sumbar River

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River in Iran and Turkmenistan

The **Sumbar** (also **Sari-su**, **Sara-su** and **Ṣáríṣú**) is a fast flowing river in southern [Turkmenistan](/source/Turkmenistan) and northern [Iran](/source/Iran). It is a tributary of the [Atrek](/source/Atrek). The name [Sari-su](/source/Sari-su_(disambiguation)) means *yellow water* in Turkic languages, but is applied to a number of other rivers as well. It used to be an area for [Caspian tigers](/source/Caspian_tiger)[1] in Turkmenistan, until the last individual was killed in January 1954.

## Geography

The Sumbar is 245 kilometres (152 mi) long and drains a basin of 8,300 square kilometres (3,200 mi2). It arises in the [Kopet Dag](/source/Kopet_Dag) mountains in Iran and flows into Turkmenistan. For a long stretch before the Sumbar runs into the Atrek, it is separated from the latter by a range of hills called the Marábeh.[2] The Atrek becomes part of the Turkmenistan-Iran border where the Sumbar flows into it, at [37°59′28″N 55°16′29″E / 37.99111°N 55.27472°E / 37.99111; 55.27472](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sumbar_River&params=37_59_28_N_55_16_29_E_).

## See also

- [Chandyr River](/source/Chandyr_River)

- [Battle of Geok Tepe (1879)](/source/Battle_of_Geok_Tepe_(1879))

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Geptner_1-0)** Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). *Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza.* Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992). [*Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UxWZ-OmTqVoC&pg=PA83) Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Fraser, James Baillie (1838) "Notes on the Country Lying between the Meridians of 55° and 64° East, and Embracing a Section of the Elburz Mountains in Northern Khorásán" *Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London* 8: pp. 308-316, p. 310

## References

- *This article includes content derived from the article ["Сумбар"](http://encycl.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00076/42000.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00076/42000.htm%26text%3D%25D1%25F3%25EC%25E1%25E0%25F0%26reqtext%3D%25D1%25F3%25EC%25E1%25E0%25F0%253A%253A1819103916%26%26isu%3D2) in the [Great Soviet Encyclopedia](/source/Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia), 1969–1978.*

v t e Rivers in Turkmenistan Rivers Amu Darya Atrek (Etrek) Chandyr Kushk Marghab Sumbar (Sari-su) Tejen Canal Karakum Canal River (extinct) Uzboy

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