For the villages in Iran, see Hamun, Iran and Hamand, Khusf.
Not to be confused with Hamun Lake.
A hamun (or hamoun) (Persian: هامونhāmūn) refers to inland desert lakes or marshlands, formed as natural seasonal reservoirs in areas adjoining the Helmand basin, found across eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan.[1] They 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
^Whitney, John (2006). "Geology, Water, and Wind in the Lower Helmand Basin" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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