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Available in 75 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-75" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">75 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araks" title="Araks – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Araks" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%AB%E1%88%B5_%E1%8B%88%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%9D" title="አራስ ወንዝ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="አራስ ወንዝ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="نهر آراس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نهر آراس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%BD_(%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF)" title="Արաքս (գետ) – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Արաքս (գետ)" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_Aras" title="Ríu Aras – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ríu Aras" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araz" title="Araz – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Araz" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2" title="آراز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آراز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8_(%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80)" title="আরাস (নদী) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আরাস (নদী)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araz" title="Araz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Araz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araxes" title="Araxes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Araxes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Аракс (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Аракс (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_River" title="Aras River – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Aras River" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araks" title="Araks – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Araks" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araks" title="Araks – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Araks" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_(Fluss)" title="Aras (Fluss) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aras (Fluss)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araks" title="Araks – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Araks" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%82_(%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82)" title="Αράς (ποταμός) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αράς (ποταμός)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Aras" title="Río Aras – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Aras" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras" title="Aras – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aras" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_(ibaia)" title="Aras (ibaia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aras (ibaia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="ارس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ارس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araxe" title="Araxe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Araxe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_(rivier)" title="Aras (rivier) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Aras (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Araz" title="Río Araz – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Araz" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%8A%A4%EA%B0%95" title="아라스강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아라스강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%BD" title="Արաքս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արաքս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="अरस नदी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अरस नदी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras" title="Aras – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Aras" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araks" title="Araks – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Araks" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Aras" title="Sungai Aras – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Aras" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_(fiume)" title="Aras (fiume) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aras (fiume)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A1" title="נהר אראס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נהר אראס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Aras" title="Kali Aras – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kali Aras" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="არაქსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არაქსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Арас – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Арас" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_(kuksa)" title="Aras (kuksa) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Aras (kuksa)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erez" title="Erez – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Erez" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araxes_(flumen)" title="Araxes (flumen) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Araxes (flumen)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araksa" title="Araksa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Araksa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araksas" title="Araksas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Araksas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araksz" title="Araksz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Araksz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Аракс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Аракс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF" title="അറാസ്‌ നദി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അറാസ്‌ നദി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="არაქსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="არაქსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">River located in and along the countries of Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"><span>"Araks" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Araks_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Araks (disambiguation)">Araks (disambiguation)</a>.</span> <span>"Arax" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Arax_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Arax (disambiguation)">Arax (disambiguation)</a>.</span> <span>"Araz" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Araz,_Azerbaijan" title="Araz, Azerbaijan">Araz, Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Araz_(given_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Araz (given name)">Araz (given name)</a>.</span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Aras<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Արաքս</span>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Araz</i>, <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">ارس</span>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Aras</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jolfa-Aras2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Jolfa-Aras2.jpg/250px-Jolfa-Aras2.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Jolfa-Aras2.jpg/375px-Jolfa-Aras2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Jolfa-Aras2.jpg/500px-Jolfa-Aras2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2032" data-file-height="1520" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Aras with <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>) to the right and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> to the left</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 300px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="300" data-zoom="5" data-overlays="["_8d0bf8ccfe25792db69b0826a63fd3643d0829ae"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Aras_%28river%29&revid=1258479217&groups=_8d0bf8ccfe25792db69b0826a63fd3643d0829ae" width="270" height="300" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x300@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Aras_%28river%29&revid=1258479217&groups=_8d0bf8ccfe25792db69b0826a63fd3643d0829ae 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Aras River highlighted on a map of the Kura River watershed</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data">Aras</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Mountains" title="Bingöl Mountains">Bingöl Mountains</a>, Kocagün creek (<a href="/wiki/Varto" title="Varto">Varto</a>), Orman Creek (<a href="/wiki/H%C4%B1n%C4%B1s" title="Hınıs">Hınıs</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tekman" title="Tekman">Tekman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aras_(river)&params=39.395954_N_41.2852_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°23′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">41°17′07″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.395954°N 41.285200°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.395954; 41.285200</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,288 m (7,507 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)" title="Kura (South Caucasus river)">Kura</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sabirabad_District" title="Sabirabad District">Sabirabad</a>, Azerbaijan</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aras_(river)&params=40.0184_N_48.4535_E_source:kolossus-dewiki_type:river"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°01′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">48°27′13″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.0184°N 48.4535°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.0184; 48.4535</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,072 km (666 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">102,000 km<sup>2</sup> (39,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">285 m<sup>3</sup>/s (10,100 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Progression</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)" title="Kura (South Caucasus river)">Kura</a>→ <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Aras</b> (also known as the <b>Araks</b>, <b>Arax</b>, <b>Araxes</b>, or <b>Araz</b>) is a river in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>. It rises in eastern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and flows along the borders between Turkey and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, between Turkey and the <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> exclave of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, between <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the <a href="/wiki/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)" title="Kura (South Caucasus river)">Kura river</a>. It drains the south side of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser Caucasus</a> Mountains, while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus. The river's total length is 1,072 km (666 mi) and its <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">watershed</a> covers an area of 102,000 km<sup>2</sup> (39,000 sq mi). The Aras is one of the longest rivers in the Caucasus. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In classical antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as <b>Araxes</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ἀράξης</span>). Its modern <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a> name is <i>Arax</i> or <i>Araks</i> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Արաքս</span>). Historically, it was called <span title="Old Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="xcl-Latn">Eraskh</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Old_Armenian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Armenian language">Old Armenian</a>: <span lang="xcl">Երասխ</span>, <span title="Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="hy-Latn">Yeraskh</i></span> in modern pronunciation) by Armenians and its <a href="/wiki/Old_Georgian" title="Old Georgian">Old Georgian</a> name is <i>Rakhsi</i> (<span title="Slovak-language text"><span lang="sk">რახსი</span></span>). In <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>, the river's name is <i>Araz</i>. In <a href="/wiki/Farsi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Farsi language">Persian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> its name is <span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">ارس</span></span> (<i>Aras</i>). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shisha(shusha).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg/220px-Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg/330px-Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg/440px-Shisha%28shusha%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="969" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>The word "Aras" in a map by James Wyld from 1855</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_river.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Aras_river.jpg/220px-Aras_river.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Aras_river.jpg/330px-Aras_river.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Aras_river.jpg/440px-Aras_river.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="1060" /></a><figcaption>Another map from 1856 that recognized this river with the word "Aras"</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Aras is supported by the Kocagün stream, Dallı stream and Orman stream from the <a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Mountains" title="Bingöl Mountains">Bingöl Mountains</a> on the borders of <a href="/wiki/Varto_District" title="Varto District">Varto</a> district merge with it around the Kırıkhan village of <a href="/wiki/Tekman" title="Tekman">Tekman</a> district.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Aras_Mountains" title="Aras Mountains">Aras Mountains</a> from the south.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aras meets the <a href="/wiki/Akhuryan_(river)" title="Akhuryan (river)">Akhuryan</a> River southeast of <a href="/wiki/Digor_District" title="Digor District">Digor</a>. From Digor it flows along the <a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Turkey_border" title="Armenia–Turkey border">Armenia–Turkey border</a>, then runs close to the corridor that connects Turkey to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> exclave, and continues along the Iranian-Armenian and the Iranian-Azerbaijani border.<sup id="cite_ref-IE_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aras is fed by several major tributaries, including the <a href="/wiki/Akhuryan_(river)" title="Akhuryan (river)">Arpa Çayı</a> (also known as the Akhuryan), which gathers the waters from the <a href="/wiki/Kars_River" title="Kars River">Kars River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_%C3%87%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r" title="Lake Çıldır">Lake Çıldır</a> located in Turkey, the <a href="/wiki/Hrazdan_(river)" title="Hrazdan (river)">Hrazdan River</a>, which empties into <a href="/wiki/Lake_Sevan" title="Lake Sevan">Lake Sevan</a> in Armenia, and the Qareh Sū, originating from the Sabalān Mountains in northeastern Iranian Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lowest point in Armenia is a point along the Aras at an elevation of 380 metres (1,250 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-:02_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following rivers are tributaries of the Aras, from source to mouth:<sup id="cite_ref-u_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-u-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhuryan_(river)" title="Akhuryan (river)">Akhuryan</a> (left)</li> <li>Metsamor (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrazdan_(river)" title="Hrazdan (river)">Hrazdan</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azat_(river)" title="Azat (river)">Azat</a> (left)</li> <li>Vedi (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arpa_(river)" title="Arpa (river)">Arpa</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangmar_River" title="Zangmar River">Zangmar</a> (right)</li> <li>Naxçıvançay (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatur_River" title="Qatur River">Qatur</a> (right)</li> <li>Hajilarchay (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghri_(river)" title="Meghri (river)">Meghri</a> (left)</li> <li>Bəsitçay (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voghji/Ox%C3%A7u_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Voghji/Oxçu (river)">Voghji</a> (left)</li> <li>Kaleybarchay (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakari_(river)" title="Hakari (river)">Hakari</a> (left)</li> <li>Qarasu/Dareh-Rud (right)</li> <li>Köndələnçay (left)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_history">Etymology and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_River_in_Persian_(IRAN)_Empire_1747_map.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A map of the Aras from 1747." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG/260px-Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG/390px-Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG/520px-Aras_River_in_Persian_%28IRAN%29_Empire_1747_map.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1223" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Aras River in the Persian Empire in a map from 1747</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> tradition, the river is named after <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:Արաստ">Arast</a>, a great-grandson of the legendary Armenian patriarch <a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Haik</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was later <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Hellenized</a> to <i>Araxes</i> and was applied to the <a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a>, a prehistoric people who flourished in the valleys of the Kura and Aras. The river is also mentioned in the last chapter of Virgil's <i>Aeneid</i> VIII, as "angry at the bridge," since the Romans built a bridge over it so that it is thereby conquered. The river Aras has been associated with the biblical rivers <a href="/wiki/Gihon" title="Gihon">Gihon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pishon" title="Pishon">Pishon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sm_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sm-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Hewsen" title="Robert H. Hewsen">Robert H. Hewsen</a> described Aras as the only "true river" of <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Highlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Highlands">Armenia</a> and as "Mother Araxes," a symbol of pride to the Armenian people.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a legend cited by <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>, in ancient times, the Araxes river in <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> had no outflow to the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, but spread out in plains and created a lake without outflow.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Islamic times, the Araxes became known in Arabic parlance as <b>al-Rass</b> (not to be confused with modern-day <a href="/wiki/Ar_Rass" title="Ar Rass">Ar Rass</a>) and in Perso-Turkish contexts as <b>Aras</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-IE_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern history, the Aras gained significance as a geographic political boundary. Under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Turkmenchay" title="Treaty of Turkmenchay">Treaty of Turkmenchay</a>, the river was chosen as the border limit between the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar Iran</a>, as the latter was forced to cede its <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasian</a> territories to Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these 19th-century border changes, one modern, not widely accepted scheme draws Aras River as the line of continental demarcation between Europe and Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1963–1970, Iran and the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> built the <a href="/wiki/Aras_Dam" title="Aras Dam">Aras Dam</a> near the Azerbaijani city of <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a>, creating the Aras Reservoir. In 1999–2008, Iran built the <a href="/wiki/Khoda_Afarin_Dam" title="Khoda Afarin Dam">Khoda Afarin Dam</a> near the historic <a href="/wiki/Khudafarin_Bridges" title="Khudafarin Bridges">Khudafarin Bridges</a>, creating the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoda_Afarin_Reservoir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoda Afarin Reservoir (page does not exist)">Khoda Afarin Reservoir</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Giz_Galasi_Dam" title="Giz Galasi Dam">Giz Galasi Dam</a> 12 km down the river, creating the <a href="/wiki/Giz_Galasi_Reservoir" title="Giz Galasi Reservoir">Giz Galasi Reservoir</a>. Iran and Armenia are planning to build the <a href="/wiki/Meghri_Dam" title="Meghri Dam">Meghri Dam</a> near the Armenian town of <a href="/wiki/Meghri" title="Meghri">Meghri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aras_Valley">Aras Valley</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aras Valley"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, a bird research and education center was established by <a href="/wiki/KuzeyDo%C4%9Fa" title="KuzeyDoğa">KuzeyDoğa</a>, a Turkish non-governmental organization for nature conservation, in the Aras Valley at the village Yukarı Çıyrıklı, in the <a href="/wiki/Tuzluca" title="Tuzluca">Tuzluca</a> district of <a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır Province</a>, Turkey. It is one of Turkey's two bird-ringing stations that remain active yearly.<sup id="cite_ref-r1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2006 and 2021, more than 145,000 birds of 201 species were ringed, and 306 bird species were observed at this station. Sixty-three percent of the 489 bird species found in Turkey are recorded at this wetland, making it eastern Turkey's most species-rich wetland for birds. The number of ringed and observed 306 bird species comprises 90 percent of the 340 bird species in Iğdır Province, the most bird species rich landlocked province of Turkey. Seven new bird species were observed during the bird ringing activities in 2012 alone, including the <a href="/wiki/Bird_of_prey" title="Bird of prey">raptor</a> <a href="/wiki/Shikra" title="Shikra">Shikra</a>, or Little Banded Goshawk (<i>Accipiter badius</i>), which was new to Turkey's avifauna.<sup id="cite_ref-ntv1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ntv1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ntv2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ntv2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Biology professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> and a president of the KuzeyDoğa Society, Çağan Şekercioğlu, appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Forest_and_Water_Management_(Turkey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Forest and Water Management (Turkey)">Ministry of Forest and Water Management</a> to drop the Tuzluca Dam project, which would destroy the wetland harboring bird wildlife in the Aras Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-ntv1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ntv1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ag_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ag-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the ministry granted the site the highest level of conservation status (Nature Conservation Area). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="font-size:88%; line-height:120%"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Aras, taken in the Poldasht District"><img alt="The Aras, taken in the Poldasht District" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aras-02.jpg/300px-Aras-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aras-02.jpg/451px-Aras-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Aras-02.jpg/600px-Aras-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Aras, taken in the <a href="/wiki/Poldasht_District" title="Poldasht District">Poldasht District</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 282.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_Nehri.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Aras, taken from Iğdır"><img alt="The Aras, taken from Iğdır" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Aras_Nehri.jpg/421px-Aras_Nehri.jpg" decoding="async" width="281" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Aras_Nehri.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="232" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Aras, taken from <a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r" title="Iğdır">Iğdır</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 228px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 226px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_River,_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of the Aras from space"><img alt="Photograph of the Aras from space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG/339px-Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG/509px-Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG/678px-Aras_River%2C_Turkey-Armenia-Iran_Border_Region.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photograph of the Aras from space</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Araz_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Araz near Joulfa"><img alt="The Araz near Joulfa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Araz_River.jpg/300px-Araz_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Araz_River.jpg/451px-Araz_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Araz_River.jpg/600px-Araz_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Araz near <a href="/wiki/Jolfa,_Iran_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jolfa, Iran (city)">Joulfa</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_(7421349614).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aras River with Iran to the left and (Karabakh Plains) / Azerbaijan to the right"><img alt="Aras River with Iran to the left and (Karabakh Plains) / Azerbaijan to the right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg/300px-Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg/451px-Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg/600px-Aras_River_with_Nagorno_Karabakh-Azerbaijan_at_Right_-_Iran_at_Left_-_Iranian_Azerbaijan_-_Iran_%287421349614%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aras River with <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> to the left and (Karabakh Plains) / <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> to the right</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aras river at Nurduz, the border post between Iran and Armenia"><img alt="Aras river at Nurduz, the border post between Iran and Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg/300px-Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg/451px-Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg/600px-Aras_river_at_Nurduz_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aras river at <a href="/wiki/Nurduz" title="Nurduz">Nurduz</a>, the border post between <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aras_(river)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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