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[17] [20] However, because of the more arid conditions and equally intensive water use, the discharge of the Aras is much less than the Kura, so downstream of the confluence the river is still called the Kura. About 52% of the river's flow comes from snowmelt and glaciers, 30% comes from groundwater seepage, and roughly 18% from precipitation. [17]
Kura River (or Cyrus River) may refer to following rivers: Kura (South Caucasus river) , a major international river that drains into the Caspian Sea Kura (Russia) , a river in Russia that drains into the Nogai Steppe
Map of Georgia. The rivers of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus, are part of either the Black Sea or Caspian Sea Drainage basins.The most spectacular rivers include the Alazani (longest river flowing through Georgia and Azerbaijan), Aragvi, Enguri (second longest river within Georgia), Kura (Mtkvari), and Rioni (longest river in Georgia) rivers.
Aras River in the Persian Empire in a map from 1747 In Armenian tradition, the river is named after Arast , a great-grandson of the legendary Armenian patriarch Haik . [ 10 ] The name was later Hellenized to Araxes and was applied to the Kura–Araxes culture , a prehistoric people who flourished in the valleys of the Kura and Aras.
A map of the Caspian Sea drainage basin to which all rivers in Azerbaijan flow to. The Kur and Aras are the longest rivers of Azerbaijan and their drainage basin covers most of the country. The Aras River along the Iranian border with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. This is a list of rivers of Azerbaijan.
The Kura (Russian: Кура) is a river in Stavropol Krai, Russia. The river is approximately 150 km long. [1] It flows from North Caucasus and ends in the Nogai Steppe where it drains into the ground. Novopavlovsk, a town of 23,235 founded in 1777, is located on the left bank of the river.
Kura→ Caspian Sea The Kurekchay ( Azerbaijani : Kürəkçay ) is one of the tributaries of the Kura River located in northwestern Azerbaijan . On 14 May 1805, on the bank of the river (not far from Ganja ), the signing of the Treaty of Kurekchay took place, which transferred the Karabakh Khanate to Russian control.
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