Rakhsi (რახსი). In Azerbaijani, the river's name is Araz. In Persian, Kurdish and Turkish its name is ارس (Aras). The Aras is supported by the Kocagün stream...
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Lake Sarysu, and shortly after, receives the Aras, the largest tributary, at the city of Sabirabad. At the Aras confluence it makes a large arc to the north...
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modern Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Named after the Aras River that formed its southern border, the republic was declared in December...
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Khachin rivers. The major tributaries of the Aras river are the Arpachay, Nakhchivan, Okhchu, Hekeri and Kondelenchay rivers. The largest rivers which are...
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Azerbaijan (toponym) (section North of the Aras)
Democratic Republic was proclaimed to the north of the Aras. The name of the region north of the Aras River known today as the Republic of Azerbaijan was previously...
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Aras may refer to: Aras (river), a river that starts in Turkey and flows through Caucasia (borders Iran with Azerbaijan and Armenia) Aras Dam, on the...
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Qız Qalası SES, Persian: سد قیز قلعهسی) is an embankment dam on the Aras River straddling the international border between Azerbaijan and Iran. It is...
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Ara River may refer to: Arakawa River (disambiguation), several rivers in Japan River Ara, Ireland Ara (disambiguation) Ara Canal, a canal linking the...
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pronounced [mɛɣˈɾi], also known as the Meghriget) is a tributary of the Aras River in the Syunik Province of southern Armenia. It descends steeply through...
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The Kura-Aras Lowland, Kura-Aras Depression or Kura-Aras Basin (Azerbaijani: Kür-Araz ovalığı) is a vast depression in central-southern Azerbaijan defined...
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Azerbaijan (Iran) (section Rivers)
1813 and the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828. The territories south of the Aras River, which comprised the region historically known as Azerbaijan, became the...
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Caucasus fell into Asia. However, yet another definition drew the line at Aras River, effectively placing all of Georgia in Europe. Notwithstanding variations...
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suzerainty: the Khanates of Erivan, Nakhchivān and Qarābāgh across the Aras, and the cis-Aras Khanate of Ṭālish, with its administrative headquarters located...
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the county and the district. The city lies on the western bank of the Aras River. Poldasht is a Persian word meaning arable land by the bridge. The city...
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Scythians, Iranian Medes came to dominate the area to the south of the Aras river. The Medes forged a vast empire between 900 and 700 BC, which was integrated...
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Range is a part of the Lesser Caucasus system. In the southeast, the Aras River separates the Lesser Caucasus from the Talysh Mountains which runs through...
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its border with Armenia while the Aras River defines its border with Iran. The Araz reservoir located on that river supplies water for agricultural needs...
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Khabur Botan River (Uluçay) Batman River Hezir River Kura River Aras River Arpaçay River (also known as Akhurian) is a tributary of the Aras. It arises...
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The Aras Dam (Azerbaijani: Araz su anbarı; Persian: سد ارس) is an embankment dam on the Aras River along the border of Iran and Azerbaijan. It is located...
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suzerainty: the Khanates of Erivan, Nakhchivan and Qarabagh across the Aras, and the cis-Aras Khanate of Talish, with its administrative headquarters located...
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Azerbaijani side; running entirely along the Aras river, it is the shortest border for both countries. The Aras river marks the border for its entire length...
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suzerainty: the Khanates of Erivan, Nakhchivan, and Qarabagh across the Aras, and the cis-Aras Khanate of Talish, with its administrative headquarters located...
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arc from North to South-East from Tartar river to Aras River. The Hakari River (left tributary of the Aras) separates it from the Karabakh Plateau. The...
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launched by Azerbaijan against the breakaway Republic of Artsakh along the Aras River in the Azerbaijan–Iran border during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War....
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remainder of Azerbaijan, and Iğdır, setting the northern boundary along the Aras River. Parts of Afghanistan were lost to the British Empire through the Treaty...
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on the Aras River. On 12 August 1812, 20,000 Persian men captured the fortress of Lankaran in the Talesh province and proceeded to the Aras River, attacking...
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Nader Shah in 1747, Iranian authority over the territories north of the Aras River was greatly weakened, and the Erivan Khanate became a tributary of King...
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between the rivers Kura and Aras. It is divided into three regions: Highland Karabakh, Lowland Karabakh (the steppes between the Kura and Aras rivers), and...
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of the Aras River. Communication between the Caucasus and the historical Iranian region of Azerbaijan has long been hampered by the Aras River. Therefore...
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Encyclopædia Britannica”, Caucasus, June 2021: “another scheme identifies the Aras River and the Turkish border as the line of continental demarcation, thereby...
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