HĀMUN, DARYĀČA-YE (Lake Hāmun, lit. “lake of the plain, lowland”), also called Hāmun-e Helmand (Av. Haētumant- “provided with banks,” AirWb., cols. 1728-29; Gk. Etymandros, Pauly Wissowa, VI/1, cols. 806-7), a lake in Sistān covering the deepest part of the Sistān depression and the Sistān watershed.
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Ehlers, Eckart & Gnoli, Gherardo. "HĀMUN, DARYĀČA-YE." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_2780