Atrek River
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The Atrek (, , ), also known as the Attrack, Atrak, and Etrek, is a fast-moving river which begins in the mountains of north-eastern Iran () and flows westward, draining into the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan. Because of the high use of its waters for irrigation, the Atrek only flows into the Caspian when it is in its flood stage.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Atrek River is referenced by 99 other articles, and connects out to Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 5 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Border rivers, International rivers of Asia and Iran–Turkmenistan border.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Atrek
- River.name_other
- Attrack
- River.image
- Atrak Headstream.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Atrak Headstream
- River.pushpin_map
- Iran
- River.length
- 563km
- River.source1_location
- North-eastern Iran
- River.source1_coordinates
- )
- River.basin_size
- 27,300 square kilometres
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Golestan Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- رودخانه اترک و روستای عشق آباد.jpg
- Length
- 669
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- discharge
- 9.2
- mouth of the watercourse
- Caspian Sea
- watershed area
- 27300
- native label
- اترک
- Commons category
- Atrek River
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Ecology
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- References
The Atrek (, , ), also known as the Attrack, Atrak, and Etrek, is a fast-moving river which begins in the mountains of north-eastern Iran () and flows westward, draining into the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan. Because of the high use of its waters for irrigation, the Atrek only flows into the Caspian when it is in its flood stage.
==Geography== The Atrek is long and drains a basin of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atrek River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
5 mapped locations