Gusar plain is a plain between
Gudyalchay and
Samur
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History
The starting point and deployment of the or ...
rivers in the north of
Azerbaijan
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. It starts from the foothills of the side ridge and extends to the Samur-Devachi plain. It is located on the administrative territory of
Guba and
Gusar regions.
About
The Gusar plain is located in the north of
Azerbaijan
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, in the northeast of the
Greater Caucasus
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.
The plain is wider in the west (25-30 km), narrows in the southeast and ends around the village of
Gendob. Its surface is crossed by a number of tributaries of rivers. Of these, Gusarchay and Gudyalchay were cut deeper and their slopes formed box-shaped valleys. The Gusar plain is mainly formed from thick gravel, sand and siltstones of the Upper Pliocene and Quaternary.
When the Great Caucasus mountains rose strongly, the southern edge of the plain also began to rise and its surface became sloping. The southwestern part of the plain along the Gusarchay valley rose up to 1900 meters. Therefore, these areas have a mountainous character.
To the southeast of the Gusar plain, between the Samur-Devachi lowland and the side ridge, there are low mountains formed by Paleogene and Neogene marine and continental sediments. There are Telebi, Gaynarcha dashes, Rustov depression, Valvalachay, Karachay, Agjachay, and relatively wide, some box-shaped valleys of Gilgilchay in the southeast.
See also
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Yazi plain
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Mughan plain
Mughan plain (, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Aze ...
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Garayazi plain
Garayazi plain or Garayazi steppe is a plain located between the Gazangol plain and the Kura river in the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan.
General Information Toponymy
The name of the Garayazi plain is derived from the combination of the ancien ...
References
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Plains of Azerbaijan