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{{Infobox lake
| name = Hamun-e Jaz Murian
| image =
| caption = Lake Jaz Mourian at wet season
| image_bathymetry =
| caption_bathymetry =
| location =
| coordinates = {{coord|27.4908|N|58.5461|E|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}}
| type = Seasonal [[Salt lake|salt (hypersaline) lake]]
| inflow = [[Bampur River]], [[Halil River]]
| outflow = ''none: all water entering the lake is lost through [[evaporation]]''
| catchment =
| basin_countries = Iran
|pushpin_map=Iran
| area = {{convert|3300|km2|abbr=on}}
}}

[[File:NG 40-4 Humun-e Jaz Murian, Iran.jpg|thumb|Map of the Jaz Murian region]]
'''Hamun-e Jaz Murian''' ({{lang-fa|هامون جازموریان}}) is an inland basin or [[Depression (geology)|depression]] in southeast [[Iran]], straddling the provinces of [[Kermān Province|Kerman]] and [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province|Sistan and Baluchistan]]. The area of Hamoon and Jazmourian basin stretches to 69,600 square kilometers, with the western part of 35,600 square kilometers in Kerman province and the eastern part of 34,000 square kilometers in Sistan-Baluchestan province.

The Jazmurian Wetland is located in an [[endorheic basin]] at the southern edge of the Dasht-e-Lut. Several factors such as high evaporation, [[Overdrafting|overexploitation of groundwater]], [[Environmental impact of dams|dam construction]] on the rivers feeding the wetland, and the effect of drought and [[Climate change in Iran|climate changes]] have caused this wetland to dry out during the recent years.
==History==
Mauryan empire towards the satrapies of Gedrosia part of which were ceded by Seleucus to Chandragupta. The discovery of the remains of a large Buddhist sanctuary on "[[Koh-i-Khwaja]]" in Sistan suggests that this province also was perhaps included in the Mauryan empire, and the Buddhist influence reached there in the time of Asoka himself."

Further south, that Jaz Morian Lake have marked this side the western boundary of the Mauryan empire. As the name suggests, this place commemorates some signal victory or achievement of the Mauryan emperors. It may be the construction of the lake itself like the big Sudarsana lake by Chandragupta further east in Kathiawad.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.06445|page=417|title=Indian Historical Quarterly, Vol-13, Issue no.-1-4}}</ref>
== Geography ==
At the center of the basin is a "seasonal lake," or ''[[hamun]]''. The lake can remain almost totally dry during dry years, while in wetter years it can have water year around. The most recent flooding of the basin took place in June 2007, when [[Cyclone Gonu]] dumped over 5 inches of rain over the basin. That ended years of unusual drought, which had seen the lake in the central basin remain dry for several years. Jaz Murian now has a large lake at its lowest point.

Jaz Murian is an oblong shape, east to west, surrounded by high mountain ranges reaching peaks in excess of 6500 feet (2000 m). The lowest elevations are to the extreme west of the basin towards the towns of [[Kahnuj]] and [[Minab]].
Two principal rivers flow into the basin: from the west, the [[Halil River|Halil Rud]], and from the east, the [[Bampur River]] . However, neither river brings much water to the central parts of the basin to feed the lake, as their waters are largely or totally removed for agriculture on the way. After [[Jiroft Dam]] was built on the [[Halil Rud]] and went under operation in 1992, the perennial river at the downstream did not receive its environmental flow and appeared as an ephemeral river since then, this affected the Jaz Murian seriously.

Due to its isolation, distinct communities live in the basin, ranging from native [[Bashkardi]] speakers to immigrant [[Somali people|Somalis]].

== Cultural importance ==
In the scriptures of the [[Zoroastrian religion]], the basin has a holy character, similar to that of [[Hamun-e Helmand]]. These scriptures call the basin by its [[Middle Persian]] name, "Chitro Mêyân."

==References==
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*J. V. Harrison, "The Jaz Murian Depression, Persian Baluchistan," The Geographical Journal, Vol. 101, No. 5/6 (May - Jun., 1943), pp. 206–225.
*N. L. Falcon Frs, "From Musandam to the Iranian Makran," The Geographical Journal, Vol. 141, No. 1 (Mar., 1975), pp. 55–58.

[[Category:Depressions (geology)]]
[[Category:Endorheic basins of Asia]]
[[Category:Landforms of Iran]]
[[Category:Landforms of Kerman Province]]
[[Category:Landforms of Sistan and Baluchestan Province]]

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