Kura-Aras Lowland

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Kura-Aras Lowland

region, Azerbaijan

Also known as: Kur-Araz Lowland, Kura-Araks Lowland, Kura-Araksinskaya Nizmennost(Show More)

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The Kura-Aras Lowland is a significant geographical region in Azerbaijan, named after the Kura River and its tributary, the Aras River. This lowland area encompasses plains such as the Shirvan, Milskaya, and Mugan plains, characterized by similar soil and climate conditions.1

The region is crucial for agriculture due to its extensive irrigation systems. A network of canals, including the Upper Karabakh Canal and the Upper Shirvan Canal, makes it possible to irrigate large tracts of fertile land. The Kura-Aras Lowland is part of a larger depression that extends to the Caspian Sea. The Aras River itself forms international boundaries and contributes sediment to the delta where it meets the Kura River before flowing into the Caspian Sea. The climate in this lowland is dry subtropical, with mild winters and hot summers.1234

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Azerbaijan
Relief, drainage, and soils
…lowland, an extension of the Kura-Aras Lowland, reaches the Iranian border near Astara.
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…lowland, an extension of the Kura-Aras Lowland, reaches the Iranian border near Astara.
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Caspian Sea
Shoreline features
… and Aras rivers forms the Kura-Aras Lowland along the western shore of the southern Caspian. The southwestern and southern Caspian shores are formed of the sediments of the Länkäran and Gīlān-Māzanderān lowlands, with the high peaks of the Talish and Elburz ranges rearing up close inland. The eastern shore of…
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… and Aras rivers forms the Kura-Aras Lowland along the western shore of the southern Caspian. The southwestern and southern Caspian shores are formed of the sediments of the Länkäran and Gīlān-Māzanderān lowlands, with the high peaks of the Talish and Elburz ranges rearing up close inland. The eastern shore of…
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Caucasus
Physiography
…ranges, falls sharply into the Kura-Aras (Kura-Araks) Lowland. At the centre of this extensive depression the Kura River receives its major right-bank tributary, the Aras (Azerbaijani: Araz) River. To the northeast the hills of southeastern Kobystan separate the Kura-Aras Lowland from the Abşeron Peninsula; and to the extreme southeast the…
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…ranges, falls sharply into the Kura-Aras (Kura-Araks) Lowland. At the centre of this extensive depression the Kura River receives its major right-bank tributary, the Aras (Azerbaijani: Araz) River. To the northeast the hills of southeastern Kobystan separate the Kura-Aras Lowland from the Abşeron Peninsula; and to the extreme southeast the…
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Transcaucasia
Physiography
…ranges, falls sharply into the Kura-Aras (Kür-Araz) Lowland, an extensive depression in the centre of which the Kura (Kür, or Mtkvari) River receives its major right-bank tributary, the Aras (Araks, or Araz) River. To the northeast the hills of southeastern Kobustan separate the Kura-Aras Lowland from the Abşeron Peninsula; and…
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…ranges, falls sharply into the Kura-Aras (Kür-Araz) Lowland, an extensive depression in the centre of which the Kura (Kür, or Mtkvari) River receives its major right-bank tributary, the Aras (Araks, or Araz) River. To the northeast the hills of southeastern Kobustan separate the Kura-Aras Lowland from the Abşeron Peninsula; and…
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