Choaspes River (Iran)
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The Choaspes (also called Eulæus; Hebrew: Ulai (אולי, Daniel 8:2); modern Karkheh or Karkhen) is a river of ancient Susiana (now in Khuzestan, Iran) that rises in the Zagros mountains, and passes north of Susa, eventually falling into the Tigris just below its confluence with the Euphrates very near to the modern Iran-Iraq border. Its peculiarly sweet water was sacred to the use of the Persian kings. The river is mentioned in the Bible, Book of Daniel 8:2,16, and should not be confused with the river of the same name which flows into the Indus.
