Aras River

E122249

river transboundary river

The Aras River is a major transboundary river in the South Caucasus and surrounding regions, forming parts of international borders and ultimately flowing into the Kura River.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Aras River canonical	22
Araks River	2
Aras River valley	2
Aras River basin	1
Aras River near Turkey–Armenia border	1
Arax River	1
Araxes	1
Araxes River	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aras River ⓘ surface form: Arax River Aras River ⓘ surface form: Araxes Araz River ⓘ
basinCountry	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
borderInfrastructure	Aras Dam ⓘ
country	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
drainageBasin	Kura–Aras basin ⓘ
emptiesIndirectlyInto	Caspian Sea ⓘ
flowsInto	Kura River ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Iran and Armenia ⓘ Iran and Azerbaijan ⓘ Turkey and Armenia ⓘ Turkey and Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan exclave) ⓘ
formsPartOf	Iran–Armenia border ⓘ Iran–Azerbaijan border ⓘ Turkey–Armenia border ⓘ Turkey–Azerbaijan border (Nakhchivan) ⓘ
hasDam	Aras Dam ⓘ Aras Dam ⓘ surface form: Khoda Afarin Dam Aras Dam ⓘ surface form: Moghan Dam
hasMajorTributary	Akhuryan River ⓘ Hrazdan River ⓘ Karnali (Arpaçay) River ⓘ Nakhchivanchay River ⓘ Qarasū (Karasu) River ⓘ Razdan (Hrazdan) River ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
mentionedIn	ancient Greek sources as Araxes ⓘ
mouthLocation	Azerbaijan ⓘ
mouthOf	Kura River ⓘ
mouthRegion	Azerbaijan ⓘ
partOf	South Caucasus ⓘ
partOfDrainageBasin	Caspian Sea region ⓘ surface form: Caspian Sea basin
region	Armenian Highlands ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ
sourceLocation	Turkey ⓘ
sourceRegion	Eastern Turkey ⓘ
tributaryOf	Kura River ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Caucasus → containsBodyOfWater → Aras River ⓘ

Kura River → tributary → Aras River ⓘ

Armenian Highlands → drainageBasin → Aras River ⓘ

Iranian Azerbaijan → hasRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Erivan uezd → majorRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Surmalu uezd → contains → Aras River ⓘ

Kagizman → locatedOnRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Aras River → alsoKnownAs → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Araxes

Aras River → alsoKnownAs → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arax River

Kura–Aras basin → hasMainRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Kura–Aras basin → hasDrainageAreaOf → Aras River ⓘ

Kura–Aras basin → contains → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aras River basin

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic → hasRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic → locatedOn → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aras River valley

Kura–Araxes culture → namedAfter → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Araxes River

Armavir Province → traversedByRiver → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Araks River

northwestern Iran → hasRiver → Aras River ⓘ

subject surface form: Northwestern Iran

West Azerbaijan Province → hasBorderFeature → Aras River ⓘ

Kur River → tributary → Aras River ⓘ

Karabakh region (broad sense) → borderedBy → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aras River valley

Arran → locatedBetween → Aras River ⓘ

Arran → hasRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Hrazdan River → tributaryOf → Aras River ⓘ

Hrazdan River → flowsTo → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aras River near Turkey–Armenia border

Iğdır → locatedOnRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Mughan plain → borderedBy → Aras River ⓘ

Mughan plain → hasIrrigationFrom → Aras River ⓘ

Surmali → locatedNear → Aras River ⓘ

Nakhichevan uezd → locatedOnRiver → Aras River ⓘ

Ararat plain → irrigatedBy → Aras River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Araks River

Zangilan District → bordersRiver → Aras River ⓘ