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Akhurian River
Sign in to saveriver in Armenia and Turkey
Key facts
- Native name
- Ախուրյան ( Armenian ) Arpaçay ( Turkish )
- Country
- Armenia and Turkey
- Source
- Lake Arpi
- Location
- Shirak , Armenia
- Coordinates
- 41°04′05″N 43°39′14″E / 41.068°N 43.654°E / 41.068; 43.654
- Elevation
- 2,023 m (6,637 ft)
- Mouth
- Aras
- Length
- 186 km (116 mi)
- Basin size
- 9,670 km (3,730 sq mi)
- Progression
- Aras → Kura → Caspian Sea
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Akhurian River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Aras River
- watershed area
- 9670
- basin country
- Turkey
- origin of the watercourse
- Lake Arpi
- discharge
- 269
- native label
- Arpaçay
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Encyclopedic overview
The Akhuryan (Armenian: Ախուրյան, romanized: Akhuryan) or Arpachay (Turkish: Arpaçay) is a river in the South Caucasus. It originates in Armenia and flows from Lake Arpi, along the closed border with Turkey, forming part of the geographic border between the two states, until it flows into the Aras as a left tributary near Bagaran. The Akhuryan is 186 km (116 mi) long, and has a 9,670 km (3,730 sq mi) drainage basin.
Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia, is located on the east bank of the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akhurian River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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