Vaqt-o Saat Spring

🧭What kind of place is it?

This is a karst spring. In karst terrain, water travels through cracks and passages inside rock before returning to the surface. The flow at Vaqt-o Saat weakens or stops periodically and then resumes. During the day the water stops for 2 to 3 hours.

🏛️What was it built for?

The attraction is a natural phenomenon: the contrast between a dry outlet and the return of flowing water. Water volume is not the only way to understand a spring; changes in flow can also reveal something about underground water behaviour.

👀What you will see

• The spring outlet may show no visible water when the flow has stopped.
• Water begins flowing again after a pause, if your visit happens to coincide with its return.
• The slopes of Jahanbin Mountain west of Shamsabad form the natural setting of the spring.

💡Something interesting

The name Vaqt-o Saat, referring to time, comes from the intermittent water flow. The spring was added to the National Natural Heritage List of Iran in 2010, under number 109.

🎒Good to know before you go

• If the outlet is dry when you arrive, wait a while; the water starts flowing again after some time.
• Walk carefully around the outlet and do not put anything into the spring.