Zāyandé-Rūd or
Zāyanderūd (, from
زاینده “life giver” and
رود “river”), also spelled as
Zayandeh-Rood or
Zayanderood, is the largest river in the central plateau of
Iran. In the early 2010s, the lower reaches of the river dried out completely after several years of seasonal dry-outs.