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    The Kura is an east-flowing river south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains which drains the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus east into the Caspian...
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  • Kura River (or Cyrus River) may refer to following rivers: Kura (river), a major international river that drains into the Caspian Sea Kura (Russia), a...
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    the Kura river. It drains the south side of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus. The river's total...
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  • Look up kura or Kura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kura may refer to: Kura, Iran (disambiguation) Kura Island, Azerbaijan Kura, Nigeria, a Local...
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    The name of the culture is derived from the Kura and Araxes river valleys. Some local variations of the Kura–Araxes culture are sometimes known as Shengavitian...
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    in central-southern Azerbaijan defined by the valleys of the Kura River and Aras River. It is situated by the West shore of the Caspian Sea and is part...
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    is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with around 1.2 million inhabitants, which is about a third of the country's...
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    130 rivers provide inflow to the Caspian, the Volga River being the largest. A second affluent, the Ural River, flows in from the north, and the Kura River...
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    (longest river flowing through Georgia and Azerbaijan), Aragvi, Enguri (second longest river within Georgia), Kura (Mtkvari), and Rioni (longest river in Georgia)...
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    made a reconnaissance into the Kingdom of Georgia, entering through the Kura River. The goal of the Mongols was not to conquer the country but to plunder...
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  • The Kura (Russian: Кура) is a river in Stavropol Krai, Russia. The river is approximately 150 km long. It flows from North Caucasus and ends in the Nogai...
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    steel and glass construction illuminated with numerous LEDs, over the Kura River, linking the Rike Park with Old town in central Tbilisi. Since its opening...
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    Barbus cyri (redirect from Kura Barbel)
    Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region. The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River...
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  • to this treaty Russia waived its claim to any territory south of the Kura River. This included return of the provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, and Astarabad...
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    the Kura river. These boundaries, though, were probably never static—at times the territory of Caucasian Albania included land to the west of the Kura river...
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    ხეობა) is a picturesque canyon of the Kura River in central Georgia. The gorge was formed as a result of the Kura River cutting its path through the Lesser...
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    by the Kolkhida Lowland (Georgia) in the west and Kura-Aras Lowland (Azerbaijan) (by the Kura River) in the east. The highest peak is Aragats in Armenia...
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    of Nagornaya and Zakurnaya. They are separated from each other by the Kura river valley. Each of these parts is divided into regular rectangular blocks...
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    streams. In the Ararat plain it joins the Aras river along the border with Turkey. Its waters join the Kura river, before flowing into the Caspian Sea. A series...
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    The Kura bleak (Alburnus filippii) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alburnus. It is native to the Caspian Sea basin, from the Kura River and...
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    Ponticola cyrius, the Kura goby, is a species of gobiid fish endemic to the Kura River in the southern Caucasus countries of Georgia, Turkey, Iran and...
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    the Kura river located in Azerbaijan. It passes through the districts of Kalbajar, Barda and Tartar. The Tartar is a left tributary of the Kura, the...
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    Watch (1998, 2000, 2002). The district is located on both sides of the Kura River and is dominated by Mount Mtatsminda, Narikala fortress and the Kartlis...
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    fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Mtkvari (Kura) River. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between...
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    excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was...
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    region is located in the center of the republic on both sides of the Kura River. The archaeological history of this area extends from the eneolith era...
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    Dagestan and southwards to the Kura River. The culture takes its name from a royal burial, the Maykop kurgan in the Kuban River valley. According to genetic...
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    Shirvan (Azerbaijani: Şirvan) is a city in Azerbaijan, located on the Kura River. It was called Zubovka until 1938 and Ali Bayramli until 2008. From 1938...
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    time, and a new Kurultai was never held. As Berke sought to cross the Kura river to attack Hulagu's son, Abaqa Khan, he fell ill and died sometime between...
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    that stretches between the western shores of the Caspian Sea and the Kura River, centered on the Shirvan Plain. Vladimir Minorsky believes that names...
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