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	Aras
		Aras River with 1072 km long begins from east of Turkey then it goes between Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
		Aras goes from west to east and has different wide in different places.
		Before 1828 Aras was belong to Iran but after that it be the frontier between Iran and Russia.
	www.pars-iran.tripod.com /aras.htm (140 words)

	Araks river - TheBestLinks.com - Aras river, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Anatolia, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		Araks river - TheBestLinks.com - Aras river, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Anatolia,...
		Aras, Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz (Persian: ارس, Azerbaijani: Araz), is a river rising in Anatolia in Turkey, flowing along the Turkey-Armenia border, then along the Azerbaijan-Iran border, entering Azerbaijan, and falling into Kura river as a right tributary.
		Aras was chosen as the border limit between Persia and Russia in the Treaty of Golestan in 1813 by which the whole area north of that river was cut off from Iran and annexed to Russia.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Aras_river.html (165 words)

	Freshwater Fishes of Iran, Introduction - Drainage Basins - Tigris River
		Rivers drain south and west to become tributaries of the Tigris River in Iraq or its confluence with the Euphrates River, the Shatt al Arab (known as the Arvand (= swift) Rud in Iran).
		The main river is the Karun, with a catchment of 67,340 sq km (Naff and Matson, 1984) and a length of 820 km.
		The marshes are on the floodplain of the Karkheh River.
	www.briancoad.com /Introduction/tigrisriverbasin.htm (7421 words)

	Welcome to Netiran! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		Snow and rain provide waters for those rivers or in other words, precipitations in their water catchment areas are mostly in the form of snow, as a result of which the gradual thawing of snow and drainage of underground water further regulate the current of waters in those rivers.
		This zone borders on the Aras river in the north, on Talesh chain of mountains and newly independent republics of the former Soviet Union in the east, on southern mountains of Ardebil in the south and on Turkey in the west.
		The regime of the Aras river is snowy and rainy.
	www.netiran.com /?fn=artd(1759)&PHPSESSID=6ba03d91accf4139c683fac734bdc907 (3261 words)

	Kura-Araks River Basin ...
		The total length of the river is 1515km and the total area of the basin 188 000km2.
		Pollution of trans-boundary Kura-Aras River is one of the most critical issues for the countries of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), therefore it is reflected in national action plans and forthcoming programmes.
		The river is essential for national and local economies as its waters are used for drinking, hydropower and irrigation.
	www.undp.org.ge /Projects/kura.html (500 words)

	Geography of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lowest points are in the valleys of the Aras River and the Debet River in the far north, which have elevations of 380 and 430 meters, respectively.
		To the southwest of the range is the Armenian Plateau, which slopes southwestward toward the Aras River on the Turkish border.
		Terrain is most rugged in the extreme southeast, which is drained by the Bargushat River, and most moderate in the Aras River valley to the extreme southwest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Armenia (1503 words)

	Hydromet Azerbaijan
		The Ganikh (Alazan) River is the third largest river and flows through the territory of Georgia and Azerbaijan before discharging into Mingechevir Reservoir on Kura River and has a total watershed area of 12,080 km2.
		The Samur River watershed area comprises 3,620 km2 and the Astarachay River is 242 km2.
		During the period of vegetation the river run-off amounts is only 10 to 20 per cent of the annual amounts, and in the Lenkaran-Astara zone does not exceed 5 per cent.
	www.azhydromet.com /aboutus.html (643 words)

	PERSIA - LoveToKnow Article on PERSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		On the north-west Persia is united by the highlands of Armenia to the mountains of Asia Minor; on the north-west the Paropamisus and Hindu Kush connect it with the Himalayas.
		Four rivers belonging essentially to Persia, in reference to the Caspian watershed, are the Seafid Rud or Kizil Uzain on the southwest, the Herhaz on the south and the Gurgan and Atrek at the south-eastern corner of that inland sea.
		Fourteen rivers flow into the lake: the Aji Chai, Safi Chai, Mundi Chai and Jaghatu from the east, the Tatau (Tatava) from the south, and nine smaller rivers from the west.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PERSIA.htm (19171 words)

	Armenia - The Society and Its Environment
		The lowest points are in the valleys of the Aras River and the Debet River in the far north, which have elevations of 380 and 430 meters, respectively.
		To the southwest of the range is the Armenian Plateau, which slopes southwestward toward the Aras River on the Turkish border.
		Terrain is most rugged in the extreme southeast, which is drained by the Bargushat River, and most moderate in the Aras River valley to the extreme southwest.
	countrystudies.us /armenia/20.htm (446 words)

	PERSIA - Online Information article about PERSIA
		Aras, in 39 45' N. and 44 40' E. to Frontier.
		The drainage of the rivers which have no outlet to the sea and form inland lakes and swamps (kavir) may be estimated at 350,000 sq.
		Fourteen rivers flow into the lake: the Aji Chai, Safi Chai, Murdi Chai and Jaghatu from the east, the Tatau (Tatava) from the south, and nine smaller rivers from the west.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PER_PIG/PERSIA.html (2773 words)

	Iran Daily
		The plan proposes creating a free zone on the Iranian side of the Aras River with the aim of attracting cash and technology to the region, ultimately boosting exports to CIS countries (Commonwealth of Independence States).
		Ahmadi believes Aras free region provides a bridge between Iran and the newly-independent countries provided that investments and technologies are attracted to the region so as to pave the ground for growth in regional production and boost in exports to Caucasus and Central Asian states.
		There must be incentives of course, he says, such as elimination of obstacles for free movement of commodities and services (cancellation of customs fees, equivalent taxes and quality restrictions and other obstacles) as well as establishment and development of an effective system of mutual accountancy and payments in trade and other kinds of operations.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2267/html/focus.htm (1536 words)

	Kura River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		river rising south of Erzurum in the Bingöl Daglari (mountains) of Turkey; it flows eastward, forming for approximately 275 miles (440 km) the international boundary between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the north and Turkey and Iran on the south.
		Among rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean are the Anadyr, Amur (combined with the Sungari and the Ussuri), Huang He, Yangtze (Chang), Xi, Red, Mekong, and Chao Phraya.
		Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9046458?tocId=9046458 (768 words)

	ERIVAN - LoveToKnow Article on ERIVAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		The same is true of the slopes leading down to the river Aras; and the valley of the upper Aras is a stony desert, watered only by irrigation, which is carried on with great difficulty owing to the character of the soil.
		The old Persian portion of the town consists mainly of narrow crooked lanes enclosed by mud walls, which effectually conceal the houses, and the modern Russian portion is laid out in.
		On a steep rock, rising about 600 ft. above the river, stand the ruins of the 16th-century Turkish fortress, containing part of the palace of the former Persian governors, a handsome but greatly dilapidated mosque, a modern Greek church and a cannon foundry.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ER/ERIVAN.htm (797 words)

	Aras River - Encyclopedia.com
		[or Araks River] River in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.
		It rises in the mountains south of Erzurum, Turkey, and flows east to join the Kura River in Azerbaijan about 75 mi (120 km) from its mouth.
		Since a flood in 1897, a separate distributary of the Aras has also emptied into the Caspian Sea.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-355672.html (320 words)

	Kars
		Kars is situated on a plateau 5,740 feet (1,750 m) above sea level on the Kars River, a tributary of the Aras River, near the border with Armenia.
		The city, divided into an older upper section and a newer part to the south, stretches out on either side of the Kars River; the two sections of the city are linked by an ancient bridge built by the Seljuk Turks.
		The seat of an independent Armenian principality during the 9th and 10th centuries, Kars was captured by the Seljuks in the 11th century.
	www.mondial-tour.com /kars.htm (841 words)

	The City of Calbeyn
		There wall is pierced by three gateways, the middle of which crosses the river Aras, and is big enough for a riverboard to pass through.
		The city is built along the walls of the narrow gorge of the river Aras, a tributary of the Val, and the Vasd, which flows into the Aras in the upper end of city.
		The opposite bank of the river is one of the less wealthy parts of the city, occupied by poorer kandar in the lower streets, and by humans in the upper streets.
	www.kalyr.com /calbeyn.htm (3457 words)

	ARRAN: The Real Name of the Republic of Azerbaijan - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		A: Historically speaking, the territory in the Caucasus that lies to the north of the Aras river, was never called Azerbaijan until the year 1918.
		History, as well as the works of ancient geographers and Islamic writers bear witness to the fact that the land to the north of the Aras River, which is now known as Azerbaijan, was known before as Albania (Alban).
		The instigators of this idea for unification invented the names of "South and North Azerbaijan", whereas the land to the north of the Aras River had another name as mentioned earlier.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/arran_or_azerbaijan.htm (3023 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search View - Azerbaijan
		Formerly a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the republic includes the regions known under the Soviets as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), which is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by a mountainous strip in Armenia.
		The central portion of the country is dominated by the Aras-Kura river valleys.
		The Verkhne-Karabakhskiy Canal channels water from the Mingechaurskoye Reservoir on the upper Kura to the River Aras.
	au.encarta.msn.com /text_761561983__1/Azerbaijan.html (4049 words)

	Map of Barsaive
		The basic relationships between forests, jungles, rivers, mountains, and cities are pretty accurate.
		Death's Sea is the Black Sea and the Aras Sea is the Caspian Sea.
		Right at the fork of the Travar River (which I forgot to put on the map) are the sixteen towers of the K'tenshin Aropagoi, the House of the Nine Diamonds (so called because the sixteen towers, arrayed in a 4x4 diamond pattern, make nine smaller diamonds).
	arkanabar.tripod.com /barsaive.html (1645 words)

	Aras River During the Sasanid Dynasty had Flooded Twice
		Aras River During the Sasanid Dynasty had Flooded Twice
		Stratigraphy studies in Ultan Ghalasi area in the northwestern province of Ardabil (ancient Artâvillâ) have provided experts with evidence of Aras River flooding two times during the Sasanid reign there.
		Archaeologists studying Aras riverside now believe that there have been two major floods caused by Aras overflow in Ultan Ghalasi area.
	www.cais-soas.com /News/2005/august2005/14-08.htm (321 words)

	The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub: section 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		The water of these channels, also that coming from the river, belongs to the state: all except that from the Zahid water-channel near the Ray gate, and the Za`farani channel, at the Narmiyan gate; with two-sixths of the water of the Rashidi channel which same runs in six conduits.
		Of the Companions of the Prophet there is on Mount Sahand the tomb of the Arab general Usamah ibn Shurayk, while on the bank of the river Sarav-Rud is the grave of Abu-l-Muhjan the Kurd, and in the cemetery by the river Sard-Rud is the shrine of Qays.
		The first [] is that on the river Mihran-Rud, and it lies to the east- ward of the city, at a distance of 5 leagues from the town gates.
	erga.packhum.org /persian/pf?file=16301012&ct=10 (4867 words)

	river - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online
		Francis River; Saint John, Saint John River, St.
		John River; Saint Johns, Saint Johns River, St.
		Johns River; Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St.
	www.wordnet-online.com /river.shtml (75 words)

	Geography of Iran: Arran, the real name of the republic of Azerbaijan
		There is no reason to doubt that Aran was separate from Azarbaijan and that the Aras River constituted the northern border of Azarbaijan, and Aran had never been called Azerbaijan.
		Its border is marked by the Aras River".
		Had the name Azerbaijan been used for the land to the north of the Aras, undoubtedly, this encyclopedia would have used the name "Russian Azerbaijan" just as it had used the designations "Turkish Kurdistan", "Iranian Kurdistan", "Turkish Armenia", or "Russian Armenia".
	www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/arran_real_azerbaijan.php (2856 words)

	Ardabil, Iran Paradise Tour and Travel Agency, Travel to Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		The river Aras and the river Balha consist 159 kilometres of the border length mentioned above.
		River sides of the river (Roodkhaneh) Baliquli Chay.
		There is large plain located between Aras river (south) and the northern parts of the mountain chain of Talish while is called Mughan, which expanded from the outskirts of Sabalan mount to the Caspian costs.
	www.iranparadise.com /Iran/Ardabil.asp (1835 words)

	Euphrates River
		A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia.
		Most people live in the Euphrates River valley and along the coastal plain, a fertile strip between the coastal mountains and the desert.
		The installation of a new pipeline to deliver water from the Euphrates River to Aleppo is expected to alleviate some of the city's shortfall in the coming year.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Eu/Euphrates+River.html (397 words)

	Ordubad - Nakhchivan - Azerbaijan - Azerb.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		After Nakhchivan City, Ordubad is the most important town in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, having once been the capital of a semi-independent sultanate, which eventually yielded sovereignty to the Russians tzars in 1828.
		Situated near the river of the same name - a tributary of the Araz - Ordubad is nevertheless a mountain town, built at 850m under the imposing presence of the Zangezur range.
		The line goes along the Aras river, the border with Iran, providing amazing vistas of the Iranian bank, including of the world's oldest churches - St. Stephanos, built near the place where the Qotur river joins the Aras.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-ordubad.html (309 words)

	DAI Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		The Kura-Aras River originates in Turkey and flows through Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to the Caspian Sea, and is the major watercourse in the South Caucasus area.
		The largest tributary is the Aras River that also originates in Turkey and flows through Armenia before continuing along the shared border of Iran and Azerbaijan.
		The Kura-Aras River Basin is shown in the figure.
	www.daiwater.com /giskura.htm (62 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: 5 dead, 35 injured in eastern Turkey bus accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
		Five people were killed and thirty-five others were injured when a bus plunged into Aras river near the eastern Turkish city of Kars on Saturday.
		A bus travelling from Istanbul to Azeri territory of Nakhchevan plunged into Aras river near Sarikamis district of the eastern Turkish city of Kars on Saturday when driver lost control.
		We believe that other missing people were carried away by the river as we cannot know exactly due to turbidity of water.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20050528132308395&mode=print (305 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Azeri ethnic roots, Aylinah Jurabchi
		The language spoken in the region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan signifies that the people are of the same ethnic origin and that they are in fact one people, divided between political boundaries and influenced throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries by different countries and political ideologies.
		Prior to their migration, the area of Azerbaijan was first inhabited by the Medes who had settled there as early as 2500 B.C. and Caucasian Albanians who settled north of the Aras river in the present day Republic of Azerbaijan and was invaded by the Greeks and Arabs in the later centuries.
		Archeological evidence proves that the original homeland of the Oghuz Turks was an area north of the Oxus river in present day Kazakstan (central Asia) and that they spread in an area between the Caspian sea and Aral lakes within a time frame prior to their migration west to the Middle East and Europe.
	www.iranian.com /Opinion/2002/August/Azeri/index.html (1507 words)

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