Kura River

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The Kura River is a major river in the South Caucasus that flows through Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan before emptying into the Caspian Sea.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Kura River canonical 60
Kura River basin 9
Kura River valley 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kur River ⓘ
Mtkvari River ⓘ
surface form: Mtkvari
basinCountry Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
borderRole forms sections of internal administrative boundaries in the South Caucasus ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
drainageBasin Kura–Aras basin ⓘ
emptiesInto Caspian Sea ⓘ
flowsInto Caspian Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
hasIssue habitat degradation ⓘ
reduced flow due to irrigation withdrawals ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
languageVariantName Kür ⓘ
surface form: Kura (Turkish)

Kür ⓘ
surface form: Kür (Azerbaijani)

Mtkvari River ⓘ
surface form: Mtkvari (Georgian)
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
Kura–Aras basin ⓘ
surface form: Turkey–Georgia–Azerbaijan transboundary river basin
majorCityOnRiver Ali Bayramli ⓘ
Ganja ⓘ
Mingachevir ⓘ
Mtskheta ⓘ
Rustavi ⓘ
Salyan ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
Yevlakh ⓘ
mouth Caspian Sea ⓘ
partOf Kura–Aras basin ⓘ
surface form: Kura–Aras river system
region Caucasus ⓘ
sourceCountry Turkey ⓘ
sourceLocation northeastern Turkey ⓘ
tributary Alazani River ⓘ
Aras River ⓘ
Iori River ⓘ
Aragvi River ⓘ
surface form: Tbilisi Sea (reservoir inflows)
uses drinking water supply ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (77)

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

Gori → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Mtkvari River → alternateName → Kura River ⓘ
Caspian Sea → inflow → Kura River ⓘ
Kartli → hasRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Kartli → traversedBy → Kura River ⓘ
Tbilisi → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Tbilisi → locatedInValley → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River valley
Georgia → significantRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Armenian Highlands → drainageBasin → Kura River ⓘ
Kvemo Kartli → traversedByRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Kaspi → hasRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Eastern Georgia → traversedByRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Rustavi → locatedOn → Kura River ⓘ
Kür → partOf → Kura River ⓘ
Kür → nameVariantOf → Kura River ⓘ
Mount Mtatsminda → hasViewOf → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River valley
Mtatsminda district → hasViewOf → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River valley
Mingachevir → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Mingachevir → locatedOnWatercourse → Kura River ⓘ
Mingachevir → waterResource → Kura River ⓘ
Mtskheta → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Ardahan → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Debed River → mouth → Kura River ⓘ
Debed River → tributaryOf → Kura River ⓘ
Debed River → dischargeLocation → Kura River ⓘ
Debed River → riverSystem → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River system
Somkheti Range → drainageBasin → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Kura → alsoKnownAs → Kura River ⓘ
Alazani River → tributaryOf → Kura River ⓘ
Alazani River → mouthLocation → Kura River ⓘ
Bridge of Peace → crosses → Kura River ⓘ
Bridge of Peace → spans → Kura River ⓘ
Aragvi River → flowsInto → Kura River ⓘ
Aragvi River → partOf → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura river basin
Narikala Fortress → overlooks → Kura River ⓘ
Sameba Cathedral → overlooks → Kura River ⓘ
Borjomi → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Javakheti Range → drainsTo → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Dusheti → drainageBasin → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Murovdag Range → separates → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Aras River → mouthOf → Kura River ⓘ
Aras River → flowsInto → Kura River ⓘ
Aras River → tributaryOf → Kura River ⓘ
Kura–Aras basin → hasMainRiver → Kura River ⓘ
Kura–Aras basin → contains → Kura River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Yevlakh → locatedOnRiver → Kura River ⓘ