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.

Iori River mouth Kura River
Iori River tributaryOf Kura River
Iori River partOf Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Iori River dischargesInto Kura River
Khrami River mouth Kura River
Khrami River tributaryOf Kura River
Khrami River partOf Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Salyan locatedOnRiver Kura River
Ali Bayramli locatedOnRiver Kura River
Ali Bayramli isOnWatercourse Kura River
Ali Bayramli locatedOn Kura River
Kura–Araxes culture namedAfter Kura River
northwestern Iran hasRiver Kura River
subject surface form: Northwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Kur River alsoKnownAs Kura River
Uplistsikhe locatedOnRiver Kura River
Aghstev River mouthOf Kura River
Aghstev River tributaryOf Kura River
Ganja (medieval city) near Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura River basin
Arran locatedBetween Kura River
Arran hasRiver Kura River
Mughan plain borderedBy Kura River
Mughan plain hasIrrigationFrom Kura River
Ganja River partOf Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura river basin
Ganjachay partOf Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura river basin
Ganjachay riverSystem Kura River
this entity surface form: Kura river system
Old Tbilisi traversedBy Kura River