Key facts
- Country
- Armenia
- Mouth
- Aras
- Progression
- ‹See Tfd› Aras → ‹See Tfd› Kura → Caspian Sea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Armenia
- Located in
- Kotayk Province
- Image
- Ազատ գետ.gif
- Length
- 55
- Has use
- agricultural irrigation
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- Commons category
- Azat River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Aras River
- basin country
- Armenia
- watershed area
- 572
- origin of the watercourse
- Spitaksar
- lake on watercourse
- Azat Reservoir
- discharge
- 6.51
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Encyclopedic overview
The Azat (Armenian: Ազատ) is a river in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Its source is on the western slope of the Geghama mountains. It flows through Garni, Lanjazat and Arevshat, before reaching the Aras near Artashat. The main purpose of the Azat dam irrigation and hydro power generation. Its hazard potential is ranked to be high.
The Azat is known in Armenia for its beauty. It flows for 55 kilometers and has a basin that occupies 572 square kilometers. The Azat passes through the Khosrov State Reserve. In its lower reaches, the river flows into the Ararat valley. The Azat is known for its numerous spectacular waterfalls and its rock choked riverbed. Upper Azat Valley was listed to UNESCO world heritage site in 2000 with Geghard Monastery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Azat River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.