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Aras may refer to: Places *Aras (river), a river that starts in Turkey and flows through Caucasia (borders Iran with Azerbaijan and Armenia) **Aras Dam, on the Aras River *Aras, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Aras District, an administrative subdivision of Iran *Aras Free Zone, an industrial Zone situated in north-west of Iran *Aras, Navarre, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarre (Navarra), Spain *Aras, Horasan, Turkey *Republic of Aras, a short-lived and unrecognized republic taking its name from the aforementioned river *Årås, the administrative centre of Austrheim municipality in Vestland county, Norway *Ərəş, a village in Azerbaijan People * Aras (name), list of people with the name Other *ARAS (Lithuania), a Lithuanian Police special operations unit *Aras (mythology), an autochthon in Greek mythology, father of Araethyrea and Aoris *Aras Corp, an American developer and publisher of product development software *Aras Green Economic D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aras (river)
The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura river as a right tributary. It drains the south side of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus. The river's total length is and its watershed covers an area of . The Aras is one of the longest rivers in the Caucasus. Names In classical antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as Araxes (). Its modern Armenian name is ''Arax'' or ''Araks'' (). Historically, it was called (, in modern pronunciation) by Armenians and its Old Georgian name is ''Rakhsi'' (). In Azerbaijani, the river's name is ''Araz''. In Persian, Kurdish and Turkish its name is (''Aras''). Geography The Aras is supported by the Kocagün stream, Dallı s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |