• Lake Hāmūn, or the Hamoun Oasis, is a seasonal lake and wetlands in the endorheic Sīstān Basin in the Sistan region on the Afghanistan–Iran border.
  • The name of Lake Hamun is cited in Avesta, the primary collection of religious scriptures of Zoroastrianism.
  • The lake, commonly known as Hâmun-e Helmand, covers an area up to 3,000 km2 and under favorable runoff conditions reaches a maximum depth of...
  • The lake is formed of three sections called Hamun Puzak in north east, Hamun Saberi in the north and Hamun Hirmand in the west and south west of Sistan.
  • Hamun Lake is the third largest (and the largest freshwater) lake in Iran.
  • Hamun-e- Jaz M... Jazmoryan lake( jazmoryan plain ) Jazmoryan lake is a young tectonic subsidence which has a 350 meters height from sea level.
  • Map of Hamun Lake, its tributary rivers and water barriers like dams and ditches found in high-res background imagery (alternate views with opacity control).
  • The Hamun Lake and rivers as well as the Kajaki dam are illustrated in the basin.
  • According to Zoroastrian mythology, Lake Hamun was the keeper of Zoroaster’s seed.